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City of swu Ana -The Bowery MAY 11, 2020 Page S of 28 project proponent in support of its position.' A `clearly inadequate or unsupported study is entitled to no judicial deference."' (Berkeley Jets, supra, 91 Cal. App. 4th 1344, 1355 [emphasis added, quoting Laurel Heights, 47 Cal. 3d at 391, 409 fn. 121. Drawing this line and determining whether the EIR complies with CEQA's information disclosure requirements presents a question of law subject to independent review by the courts. (Sierra Club v. Cniy. of Fresno (2018) G Cal. 5th 502, 515; Madem Ovenl;ht Coakfion, Im v- County ofMadom (2011) 199 Cal App 4h 49, 102, 131.) As the court, stated in Berkeley]ets, supra, 91 Cal. App. 4th at 1355: A prejudicial abuse of discretion occurs "if the failure to include relevant information precludes informed decision -making and infonuaed public participation, thereby thwarting the statutory goals of the EIR process. "flic preparation and circulation of an EIR is more than a set of technical hurdles for Agencies and developers to overcome. The FIR's function is to ensure that government officials who decide to build or approve a project do so with a full understanding of the eavn:onmental consequences and, equally important, that the public is assured those consequences have been considered. For the EIR to serve these goals it must present information so that the foreseeable impacts of pursuing the project can be understood and weighed, and the public must be given an adequate opportunity to comment on that presentation before the decision to go forward is made. (Gommnaz ties for a Better Fnvmwment v_ RAmond (2010) 184 Cal_ App. 4th 70, 80 [quoting VineyardAna Oti.� w forRe.rponsible Growth, In. P. City ofF{ancho Cordova (2007) 40 Cal. 4th 412, 449-450].) B. The EIR Pails to Maintain a Stable and Consistent Pmject Descnptioa "[A]n accurate, stable and finite project description is [lie sine qua non of an mfoamative and legally sufficient" environmental document. (County of Inyo v. City of Los Angeles (1977) 71 Cal. App. 3d 185, 200) "A curtailed or distorted project description may stultify the objectives of the reporting process" as an accurate, stable and finite project description is necessary to allow "affected outsiders and public decision -makers balance the pxoposal's benefit against its environmental cost, consider mitigation measures, assess the advantage of terminating the proposal (i.e., the "no project" alternative) and weigh other alternatives in the balance. (ld. at 192 — 93) Courts detemaue de nova whether an agmncy proceeded "in a manner required by law" in maintaining a. stable and consistent project description. (Id. at 200.) 75C-125