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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION <br />[Violation of CEQA Against All Respondents] <br />107. Petitioners reallege and incorporate each of the prior allegations as set forth in full. <br />108. A court shall issue a writ of mandate ordering a public agency to perform a <br />mandatory duty under CEQA if the court finds the agency committed a prejudicial abuse of <br />discretion. (Pub. Res. Code § 21168.5; Code Civ. Proc. § 1085(a).) In the context of CEQA, an <br />abuse of discretion "means the agency failed to proceed as required by law or there was no <br />substantial evidence to support its decision." (Pub. Res. Code § 21168.5.) <br />109. Respondents have abused their discretion and failed to act in a manner required by <br />CEQA because they: <br />a. Failed to adequately address, analyze, or otherwise consider the adverse <br />environmental impacts, necessary or foreseeable mitigation measures, or a <br />reasonable range of alternatives to the Revised Project, in an environmental <br />document as required by CEQA. <br />b. Failed to provide adequate notice to Petitioners and the public to allow them to <br />meaningfully prepare and participate in the hearing on the Revised Project as <br />required by the right to due process under the US Constitution and the California <br />Constitution; <br />c. Engaged in prohibited piecemeal environmental review by ignoring the Original <br />Project and abandoning the adopted MND and MMRP; <br />d. Failed to conduct subsequent environmental review after substantial changes were <br />made to the Original Project; <br />e. Found the Revised Project categorically exempt as an in -fill development without <br />meeting the statutory requirements, including consistency with the General Plan <br />and zoning, and no significant impacts relating to traffic, noise, air quality and <br />water quality. <br />f. Found the Revised Project categorically exempt even though (a) the Revised <br />Project will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual <br />PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE <br />