Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending v. San Diego Unif. School Dist.
Plaintiff Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending (Taxpayers) appeals a judgment entered against it in its action against defendant San Diego Unified School District (District) arising out of Proposition S and District's approval of installation of new stadium field lighting and other improvements at Hoover High School (Hoover). In its operative first amended complaint against District, Taxpayers alleged four causes of action: (1) a Code of Civil Procedure section 526a cause of action for waste and misuse of Proposition S funds; (2) a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cause of action for District's wrongful adoption of a mitigated negative declaration for the project at Hoover; (3) a cause of action for District's violation of the City of San Diego's (City) zoning and land use laws; and (4) a cause of action for District's violation of Government Code section 53094 by exempting the Hoover project and certain other high school projects from City's zoning and land use laws. On appeal, Taxpayers generally contends the trial court erred because: (1) Proposition S did not specifically list or otherwise include field lighting for Hoover or other schools for funding from bond proceeds; (2) there is substantial evidence in the administrative record that the Hoover project may have a significant effect on the environment within the meaning of CEQA; and (3) District's resolution pursuant to Government Code section 53094 exempting Hoover and other high schools from City's zoning and land use laws is invalid because inadequate notice was given, the exemption of classroom and nonclassroom facilities is overbroad, and that exemption action is a project requiring compliance with CEQA.
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