TAILIEUCHUNG - IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA

On the positive side, there are a chunk of film-makers who have reacted against the stereotypes set by mainstream cinema and have dared to explore subjects from the women‟s perspective. Contemporary films like No One Killed Jessica (2011), Cheeni Kum (2007), Chameli (2003), Ishqiya (2010), Paa (2009) and Dirty Picture (2011) have pictured extraordinary themes and portrayed women as central to the story line. These films have forced creators to take a fresh look at the different roles played by women and introspect into the kind of typecast that was being perpetuated earlier. It is also to the credit of. | Filed 10 30 08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA SAVE TARA Plaintiff and Appellant S151402 v. . 2 8 B185656 CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD Defendant and Respondent Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BS090402 WASET INC. et al. Real Parties in Interest and Respondents. _ Under the California Environmental Quality Act CEQA Pub. Resources Code 21000 et seq. 1 a public agency must prepare an environmental impact report EIR on any project the agency proposes to carry out or approve if that project may have significant environmental effects 21100 subd. a 21151 subd. a . We address in this case the question whether and under what circumstances an agency s agreement allowing private development conditioned on future compliance with CEQA constitutes approval of the project within the meaning of sections 21100 and 21151. We conclude that under some 1 All further unspecified statutory references are to the Public Resources Code. 1 circumstances such an agreement does amount to approval and must be preceded by preparation of an EIR. Under the circumstances of this case we further conclude the City of West Hollywood s conditional agreement to sell land for private development coupled with financial support public statements and other actions by its officials committing the city to the development was for CEQA purposes an approval of the project that was required under sections 21100 and 21151 to have been preceded by preparation of an EIR. FACTUAL AND Procedural Background The property at 1343 North Laurel Avenue 1343 Laurel in the City of West Hollywood City is occupied by a large colonial-revival-style house constructed in 1923 later converted to four apartments and a chauffeur s house and garage. The buildings are set well back from the street and the property is heavily wooded and landscaped in contrast to most other properties on the block. City designated the main house a local cultural resource in 1994. In 1997 Mrs. Elsie Weisman the longtime owner of 1343 Laurel donated it

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