Sierra Watch has lost the first round in it’s fight against Squaw Valley Ski Holdings (SVSH) county approved plan to greatly expand the size of the Village at Squaw Valley. The lawsuit claims that the Placer County Board of Supervisors violated the State of California Brown Act when SVSH agreed to pay a $440,000 Air Quality Mitigation Fee to the Tahoe Regional Planing Agency (TRPA) and that information was not made available to the public within 72 hours of the 11/15/16 Board of Supervisors meeting at which the plan got it’s approval. The judge ruled against Sierra Watch’s claim because the county was not involved in that agreement and he did not believe a notice in the public agenda was required because the agreement was not significant. Sierra Watch has said they will appeal the judges decision.
Sierra Watch is still waiting a ruling on another lawsuit challenging the county’s approval of the plan claiming that the environmental effects on the Tahoe Basin, traffic and fire safety were not adequately considered by the county when they approved the village expansion.
Read the Truckee Sun article on this ruling.
The judge ruled the county was not a party to the fee agreement. He also ruled that the agreement was not significant enough to require notice in a public agenda
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