Court Case In the Press: Senior Villas

City ordered to review environmental impact

02:03 PM PDT on
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Julie Farren



The city of Grand Terrace will have to prepare an environmental impact review before proceeding with a 120-unit senior housing project, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.

A group called Citizens for Responsible and Open Government filed a lawsuit against the city in late October, claiming that city didn’t adequately examine the environmental impacts of Blue Mountain Senior Villas and failed to evaluate project alternatives.

San Bernardino Superior Court Judge John Wade ruled that the developer, Corporation for Better Housing in Woodland Hills, did not consider additional noise and increased population generated by the senior housing complex and adjoining senior center.

Attorney Raymond Johnson, of Johnson and Sedlack, who is representing the Brentwood Street residents, said the city will have to rescind all project approvals for the $18 million project.

City Manager Tom Schwab said an environmental impact review will have to be conducted.

—Julie Farren

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