CLIPI Case Archive

Forced agencies to prepare environmental impact reports before greenlighting potentially harmful private development projects.

Blocked coastal drilling, requiring EIRs where evidence suggests significant environmental risks.

Required early environmental studies before cities annex land for large-scale urban growth.

Halted freeway construction until plans included transit upgrades, for thousands of affordable homes and jobs for impacted communities.

Barred homeowner groups from gating LA streets, protecting public access citywide.

Struck down subdivisions in sensitive mountain lands lacking required environmental review studies.

Froze development until LA County filed a required open space plan protecting rural areas.

Forced County to replace sprawl-friendly urban development plan with rules protecting open space and managing growth.

Delayed subdivision approvals in scenic area, leading to its preservation as part of a national park.

Redesigned subdivision to protect Backbone Trail, scenic views, and fund off-site open space preservation actions.

Preserved sensitive scenic and wildlife corridor areas as public open space through proposed subdivision’s redesign.

Required City to fix zoning city wide inconsistencies, halting inconsistent building permits until land use rules matched community plans.

Halted substandard repairs, securing funds for expert historic preservation of Watts Towers.

Forced LADWP to review plans for covering open reservoirs and mediate with local communities about alternative water quality designs.

Challenged city’s alleged exclusionary zoning, resulting in settlement for 725 new affordable housing units in Irvine.

Forced agencies to prepare realistic plans to achieve tough federal clean air standards for the LA basin.

Blocked selling park “air rights” for taller skyscrapers, protecting Pershing Square as vital downtown open space.

Fought licensing for a plant proposed to be near major seismic fault, boosting the importance of nuclear safety standards for decades.

Blocked massive coastal development to preserve LA’s last major wetland ecosystem.