Committee to Save Hollywood Specific Plan v. City of Los Angeles
Petitioners Committee to Save the Hollywoodland Specific Plan and Hollywood Heritage (collectively the Committee) appeal judgment on their petition for peremptory writ of mandate. Petitioners sought to compel the City of Los Angeles (City) to rescind its permit for a wooden fence that a homeowner had constructed atop one of the historic granite walls of Hollywoodland. The trial court denied the petition, finding the City properly relied on an exception to the Hollywoodland Specific Plan (HSP) and a categorical exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to approve the fence. We affirm in part and reverse in part, concluding that although under the terms of the HSP and the Municipal Code, the City properly granted an exception to the HSP, under CEQA, the City improperly granted an exemption.
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