Does the private attorney general theory apply to an action to enforce provisions of CEQA?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ctr. FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. County of SAN BERNARDINO, 111 Cal.Rptr.3d 374, 185 Cal.App.4th 866 (Cal. App. 2010):
[31] It is well settled that the private attorney general theory applies to an action to enforce provisions of CEQA. ( City of Carmel-by-the-Sea v. Board of Supervisors (1986) 183 Cal.App.3d 229, 254, 227 Cal.Rptr. 899.) [L]itigation brought to enforce the provisions of CEQA ... has been held to involve important rights affecting the public interest, and the private attorney general theory as codified in ... section 1021.5 applies to such suits.
[185 Cal.App.4th 893]
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