Title: Muzzy Ranch v. Solano Cty. etc.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: S131484M
State: California
Issuer: California Supreme Court
Date: September 12, 2007

Filed 9/12/07 
 
 
 
 
 
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 
MUZZY RANCH CO., 
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Plaintiff and Appellant, 
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S131484 
 
v. 
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Ct.App. 1/5 A104955 
SOLANO COUNTY AIRPORT LAND 
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USE COMMISSION, 
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Solano County 
 
Defendant and Respondent. 
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Super. Ct. No. FCS020127 
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MODIFICATION OF OPINION 
THE COURT: 
 
 
The opinion herein, appearing at 41 Cal.4th 372, is modified as follows: 
 
1.  The last sentence of the text paragraph straddling pages 385 and 386 of 
41 Cal.4th is modified to read:  The exemption can be relied on only if a factual 
evaluation of the agency’s proposed activity reveals that it applies.  (Davidon 
Homes v. City of San Jose, supra, 54 Cal.App.4th at p. 114.) 
2.  The second full text paragraph on page 386 of 41 Cal.4th is modified to 
read:  In any event, in connection with its argument its adoption of the TALUP is 
exempt from CEQA, the Commission acknowledges that whether a particular 
activity qualifies for the common sense exemption presents an issue of fact, and 
that the agency invoking the exemption has the burden of demonstrating it applies.  
(Davidon Homes v. City of San Jose, supra, 54 Cal.App.4th at p. 114.)  An 
agency’s duty to provide such factual support “is all the more important where the 
record shows, as it does here, that opponents of the project have raised arguments 
regarding possible significant environmental impacts.”  (Id. at p. 117.) 
In the first text paragraph on page 387 of 41 Cal.4th, the second, quoted, 
sentence is modified to read:  “[T]he agency’s exemption determination must [rely 
on] evidence in the record demonstrating that the agency considered possible 
environmental impacts in reaching its decision.”  (Davidon Homes v. City of San 
Jose, supra, 54 Cal.App.4th at p. 117.) 
In the first text paragraph on page 387 of 41 Cal.4th, the final sentence is 
modified to read:  Since legitimate questions were raised about the possible 
environmental impacts of the Commission’s adopting the TALUP, the 
Commission had the burden to elucidate the facts that justified its invocation of 
CEQA’s common sense exemption.  (Davidon Homes, at p. 117.) 
The first complete text paragraph on page 388 of 41 Cal.4th, the third 
sentence is modified to read:  Evidence appropriate to the CEQA stage in issue is 
all that is required. 
The modification does not affect the judgment.