In this case, the Supreme Court will consider whether CEQA requires public agencies to consider as an environmental impact the increased social noise generated by student parties that a student housing project might bring to a community. CSAC’s brief argues that CEQA does not require analysis of social noise as an environmental impact, and to require such an analysis would inject speculation and bias into the environmental review process, and invite further abuse. CSAC’s brief was prepared by Kathryn Oehlschlager and Breana Inoshita from Downey Brand LLP in San Francisco.

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