FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO GARDENS v. SAN MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Appellants & Respondent’s Request for Judicial Notice

Cal.June 15, 2016

SUPREME COURT COPY SUPREME COURT Civil No. $214061 FILED JUN 15 2016 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA Frank A. MicGuire Clerk FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO GARDENS, Deputy Plaintiffand Respondent; Vv. SAN MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGEDISTRICT,et al., Defendants and Appellants. After a Decision by the Court ofAppeal First Appellate District, Division One Civil Number A135892 Affirming the Ruling by the Honorable Clifford Cretan San Mateo County Superior Court Case No. CIV 508656 JOINT REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE Sabrina V. Teller / SBN 215759 Susan Brandt-Hawley / SBN 75907 Remy Moose Manley, LLP Brandt-Hawley Law Group 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 800 P.O. Box 1659 Sacramento, CA 95814 Glen Ellen, CA 95442 916.443.2745, fax 916.443.9017 707.938.3900, fax 707.938.3200 steller@rmmenvirolaw.com susanbh@preservationlawyers.com Attomeys for Appellants Attorney for Respondent San Mateo County Community Friends of the College of College District, et al. San Mateo Gardens Relevant to this Court’s post-argument order for supplemental briefing, and pursuant to Evidence Code sections 451, 452, and 459, appellants and respondentjointly move for judicial notice of legislative history and rulemaking documents relevant to the promulgation of Public Resources Code (PRC) section 21166 and CEQA Guideline section 15162. Counsel requested and reviewedall legislative history documents and rulemakingfiles pertaining to said statute and guideline after production by the Legislative Intent Service, Inc., in Woodland. True copies of each provided document or excerpt that addresses the codification of PRC section 21166 and issuance of Guideline section 15162 and its predecessor section 15067 are attached. The documents listed below as separate exhibits are numbered chronologically. (1) Excerpts of 1972 Legislative History for PRC 21166 (2) Excerpts of 1977 Legislative History for PRC 21166 (3) 1973 version of Guidelines section 15162 (then-15067) (4) Excerpts of 1978 rulemaking package for Guidelines section 15162 (then- 15067) (5) Excerpts of 1994 rulemaking package for Guidelines section 15162 Legislative history materials are subject to the notice of this Court. (Evidence Code, § 459.) “In the construction ofa statute the intention of the legislature ... is to be pursued, if possible.” (Code of Civil Procedure, §1859.) As this Court held in Santa Clara County Local Transportation Authority v. Guardino (1955) 11 Cal.4™ 220, p. 235, “...we agree with Justice Holmesthat ‘a page of history is worth a volumeoflogic.’ ” Consistently, in the CEQA case Laurel Heights Improvement Association v. Regents ofthe University ofCalifornia (1988) 6 Cal.4" 1112, p. 1127, the Court noted that its “role in interpreting and construing a statute is to ascertain and effectuate the legislative intent ... When appropriate, we look to legislative history as an extrinsic aid in order to assist us in our task.” June 14, 2016 Respectfully submitted, Remy Moose Manley, LLP wolounTQ Sabrina V.Teller Attorneys for Appellants Brandt-Hawley Law Group by Susan Brandt-Hawley Attorney for Respondent legislature ... is to be pursued, ifpossible.” (Code of Civil Procedure, §1859.) As this Court held in Santa Clara County Local Transportation Authority v. Guardino (1955) 11 Cal.4" 220,p. 235, “...we agree with Justice Holmesthat ‘a page of history is worth a volumeoflogic.’ ” Consistently, in the CEQA case Laurel Heights Improvement Association v. Regents ofthe University ofCalifornia (1988) 6 Cal.4" 1112, p. 1127, the Court noted thatits “role in interpreting and construing a statute is to ascertain and effectuate the legislative intent ... When appropriate, we look to legislative history as an extrinsic aid in orderto assist us in our task.” June 14, 2016 Respectfully submitted, Remy Moose Manley, LLP by, Sabrina V. Teller Attorneys for Appellants Brandt-Hawley Law Group EE Susan Brandt-Hawley Attorney for Respondent Friends ofthe College ofSan Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo County Community College District Supreme Court of California Case No.: S214061 (First Appellate District, Div. 1, Case No.: A135892; San Mateo County Superior Court Case No.: CIV508656) PROOF OF SERVICE I, Rachel N. Jackson, am a citizen of the United States, employedin the City and County of Sacramento. My business address is 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 800, Sacramento, California 95814 and email addressis rjackson@rmmenvirolaw.com.I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the above-entitled action. I am familiar with Remy Moose Manley, LLP's practice whereby the mail is sealed, given the appropriate postage and placed in a designated mail collection area. Each day's mail is collected and deposited in a U.S. mailbox after the close of each day's business. On June 14, 2016, I served the following: JOINT REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE RS Onthe parties in this action by causing a true copy thereofto be placed in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid in the designated area for outgoing mail addressed as follows; or Onthe parties in this action by causing a true copy thereofto be delivered via Federal Express to the following person(s)or their representative at the address(es) listed below;or . SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST I declare under penalty ofperjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this Proof of Service was executed this 14 day of June, 2016, at Sacramento, California. ALD) DD alJacksonALSYU CU Friends ofthe College ofSan Mateo Gardensv. San Mateo County Community College District Supreme Court of California Case No.: S214061 (First Appellate District, Div. 1, Case No.: A135892; San Mateo County Superior Court Case No.: CIV508656) SERVICE LIST Susan L. Brandt-Hawley BRANDT-HAWLEY LAW GROUP 13760 Amold Drive/ P.O. Box 1659 Glen Ellen, CA 95442 Tel.: (707) 938-3900 Fax: (707) 938-3200 Email: susanbh@preservationlawyers.com Jeffrey Reusch OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1300 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel: (916) 327-7851 Fax: (916) 327-2319 Email: Jeffrey.reusch@doj.ca.gov Sara Hedgpeth-Harris LAW OFFICE OF SARA HEDGPETH-HARRIS,INC. 2125 Kern Street, Suite 301 Fresno, CA 93721 Tel.: (559) 233-0907 Fax: (310) 798-2402 Email: sara.hedgpethharris@shh-law.com Attorney for Plaintiff and Respondent Friends ofthe College ofSan Mateo Gardens VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Attorney for Natural Resources Agency VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Attorney for Amici Curiae Association ofIrritated Residents, Madera Oversight Coalition, Revive the San Joaquin, and Sierra Club VIA U.S. MAIL Michael W. Graf LAW OFFICES 227 BehrensStreet El Cerrito, CA 94530 Tel.: (510) 525-1208 Fax: (510) 525-1208 Email: mwgraf@aol.com Jan Chatten-Brown Amy Minteer CHATTEN-BROWN & CARSTENS 2200 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 318 Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 Tel.: (310) 798-2400 Fax: (310) 798-2402 Email: jcb@cbcearthlaw.com Andrew B. Sabey Linda C. Klein COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON LLP 555 California Street, 10 Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel.: (415) 262-5100 Fax: (415) 262-5199 Email: asabey(@coxcastle.com Amanda Monchamp HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 50 California Street, 28" Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel.: (415) 743-6900 Fax: (415) 743-6910 Email: amanda.monchamp@hklaw.com Christian L. Marsh Amanda M.Pearson DOWNEY BRAND LLP 333 BushStreet, Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel.: (415) 848-4800 Fax: (415) 848-4831 Email: apearson@downeybrand.com -3- Attorney for Amicus Curiae High Sierra Rural Alliance VIA U.S. MAIL Attorneys for Amicus Curiae California Preservation Foundation VIA U.S. MAIL Attorneys for Amici Curiae California Building Industry Association, Building Industry Association ofthe Bay Area, and California Business Properties Association VIA U.S. MAIL Attorney for Amicus Curiae The Regents ofthe University of California VIA U.S. MAIL Attorneys for Amici Curiae League ofCalifornia Cities, California State Association of Counties, andAssociation of California Waste Water Agencies VIA U.S. MAIL Clerk of the Court VIA U.S. MAIL First District Court ofAppeal Division One 350 McAllister Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel. (415) 865-7300 Clerk of the Court VIA U.S. MAIL San Mateo County Superior Court 400 County Center Redwood City, CA 94063 Tel.: (650) 261-5201 Civil No. $214061 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO GARDENS, Plaintiffand Respondent; V. SAN MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGEDISTRICT,etai. > Defendants and Appellants. After a Decision by the Court ofAppeal First Appellate District, Division One Civil Number A135892 Affirming the Ruling by the Honorable Clifford Cretan San Mateo County Superior Court Case No. CIV 508656 DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF JOINT REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE Sabrina V. Teller / SBN 215759 Remy Moose Manley, LLP 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 800 Sacramento, CA 95814 916.443.2745, fax 916.443.9017 steller@rmmenvirolaw.com Attorneys for Appellants San Mateo County Community College District, et al. I, Sabrina V. Teller, declare: 1. I am a memberofthe State Bar of California and a partner in the Sacramento law firm ofRemy Moose Manley LLP (RMM),attorneys of record for Appellants San Mateo County Community College District in the above-captionedaction. 2. The matters set forth in this declaration are within my personal knowledge, and if called uponto testify as to these matters, I could and wouldsotestify. 3. Pursuant to Evidence Codesections 451, 452, and 459, appellants and respondenthavejointly movedthis Court for judicial notice of relevant excerpts of the official legislative history and rulemaking documents relating to the promulgation of Public Resources Code (PRC) section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines section 15162. 4. Myopposing counsel, Susan Brandt-Hawley, requested and obtainedall legislative history for Public Resources Code section 21166 from the Legislative Intent Service, Inc., in Woodland, California, and shared those documents with me. We discussed obtaining the rulemaking files as well and submitting this joint request 5. I then requested and obtained the available relevant documents and rulemaking files pertaining to CEQA Guidelines section 15162 (previously section 15067) from the Legislative Intent Service, Inc. In particular, I requested and obtained the available documentspertainingto the Guidelines amendments adopted in 1978 and 1994 because those were the years in which the Natural Resources Agency added “negative declarations” to section 15162’s predecessor section 15067 and the “substantial evidence standard”to section 15162, respectively. 6. Ms.Brandt-Hawley andI jointly reviewed both the legislative and regulatory histories and conferred and agreed onthe set of relevant excerpts described below that we now offer to this Court. We shared the goal ofproviding the Court with a full useful history and context for the statute and Guidelines without voluminous extraneous material, as the legislative materials we received encompassed other statutes and guidelines concurrently adopted but irrelevant to the issues before the Court. 7. True copies of each documentor excerpt that addresses the codification of Public Resources Code section 21166 and the Natural Resources Agency’s issuance ofCEQA Guidelines section 15162 andits predecessor section 15067 are provided with the Joint Request for Judicial Notice. The documents listed below as separate exhibits are numbered chronologically. (1) Excerpts of 1972 Legislative History for Pub. Resources Code section 21166; (2) Excerpts of 1977 Legislative History for Pub. Resources Code section 21166; (3) 1973 version of CEQA Guidelines section 15162 (then- section 15067); (4) Excerpts of 1978 rulemaking package for CEQA Guidelines section 15162 (then-section 15067); and (5) Excerpts of 1994 rulemaking package for CEQA Guidelines section 15162. I declare under penalty of perjury under the lawsofthe State of California that the foregoing is true andcorrect. Executedthis [4day of June, 2016, at Sacramento, California. byDaonS \ Lew Sabrina V. Teller Attorneys for Appellants Friends ofthe College ofSan Mateo Gardensv. San Mateo County Community College District Supreme Court of California Case No.: S214061 (First Appellate District, Div. 1, Case No.: A135892; San Mateo County Superior Court Case No.: CIV508656) PROOF OF SERVICE I, Rachel N. Jackson, am a citizen of the United States, employed in the City and County of Sacramento. My business address is 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 800, Sacramento, California 95814 and email addressis rjackson@rmmenvirolaw.com. I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the above-entitled action. I am familiar with Remy Moose Manley, LLP's practice whereby the mail is sealed, given the appropriate postage and placed in a designated mail collection area. Each day's mail is collected and deposited in a U.S. mailbox after the close of each day's business. On June 14, 2016, I served the following: DECLARATIONIN SUPPORT OF JOINT REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE vw Ontheparties in this action by causing a true copy thereofto be placed in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid in the designated area for outgoing mail addressed as follows; or Mi Ontheparties in this action by causing a true copy thereofto be delivered via Federal Express to the following person(s) or their representative at the address(es) listed below; or SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST I declare under penalty ofperjury that the foregoingis true and correct and that this Proof of Service was executed this 14" day of June, 2016, at Sacramento, California. RagHel N. Jackson WA Uy v Friends ofthe College ofSan Mateo Gardensv. San Mateo County Community College District Supreme Court of California Case No.: 8214061 (First Appellate District, Div. 1, Case No.: A135892; San Mateo County Superior Court Case No.: CIV508656) SERVICE LIST Susan L. Brandt-Hawley BRANDT-HAWLEY LAW GROUP 13760 Arnold Drive/ P.O. Box 1659 Glen Ellen, CA 95442 Tel.: (707) 938-3900 Fax: (707) 938-3200 Email: susanbh@preservationlawyers.com Jeffrey Reusch OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1300 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel: (916) 327-7851 Fax: (916) 327-2319 Email: Jeffreyreusch@doj.ca.gov Sara Hedgpeth-Harris LAW OFFICE OF SARA HEDGPETH-HARRIS,INC. 2125 Kern Street, Suite 301 Fresno, CA 93721 Tel.: (559) 233-0907 Fax: (310) 798-2402 Email: sara.hedgpethharris@shh-law.com Attorney for Plaintiff and Respondent Friends ofthe College ofSan Mateo Gardens VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Attorney for Natural Resources Agency VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Attorney for Amici Curiae Association ofIrritated Residents, Madera Oversight Coalition, Revive the San Joaquin, and Sierra Club VIA U.S. MAIL Michael W. Graf LAW OFFICES 227 BehrensStreet El Cerrito, CA 94530 Tel.: (510) 525-1208 Fax: (510) 525-1208 Email: mwgraf@aol.com Jan Chatten-Brown Amy Minteer CHATTEN-BROWN & CARSTENS 2200 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 318 Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 Tel.: (310) 798-2400 Fax: (310) 798-2402 Email: jcb@cbcearthlaw.com Andrew B. Sabey Linda C. Klein COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON LLP 555 California Street, 10% Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel.: (415) 262-5100 Fax: (415) 262-5199 Email: asabey@coxcastle.com Amanda Monchamp HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 50 California Street, 28 Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel.: (415) 743-6900 Fax: (415) 743-6910 Email: amanda.monchamp@hklaw.com Christian L. Marsh Amanda M.Pearson DOWNEY BRAND LLP 333 Bush Street, Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel.: (415) 848-4800 Fax: (415) 848-4831 Email: apearson@downeybrand.com -3- Attorney for Amicus Curiae High Sierra Rural Alliance VIA U.S. MAIL Attorneys for Amicus Curiae California Preservation Foundation VIA U.S. MAIL Attorneys for Amici Curiae California Building Industry Association, Building Industry Association ofthe Bay Area, and California Business Properties Association VIA U.S. MAIL Attorney for Amicus Curiae The Regents ofthe University of California VIA U.S. MAIL Attorneys for Amici Curiae League ofCalifornia Cities, California State Association of Counties, andAssociation of California Waste Water Agencies VIA U.S. MAIL Clerk of the Court VIA U.S. MAIL First District Court ofAppeal Division One 350 McAllister Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel. (415) 865-7300 Clerk of the Court VIA U.S. MAIL San Mateo County Superior Court 400 County Center RedwoodCity, CA 94063 Tel.: (650) 261-5201