CLIPI Case Archive

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

Blocked coastal oil drilling, requiring EIRs where substantial evidence suggests significant environmental impacts.

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

Halted freeway construction until plans included transit upgrades, thousands of affordable homes, and jobs and business opportunities 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.

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

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, leading to mediation with local communities about alternative water quality protection 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 located 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.