The city's attorneys are idiots. Should have had 5 Points and Baker Ranch bankroll a better law firm. BP sales are already in the toilet... This, plus the potential for a cemetery, should stick a fork in it.
Court again rejects Irvine's challenge to expansion of county jail
Oct. 9, 2015 Updated 4:49 p.m.
By MEGHANN M. CUNIFF
An appellate court has rejected the city of Irvine's latest attempt to stop the expansion of Orange County?s James A. Musick jail.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal this week concluded that the county?s environmental reviews for the $80 million project were proper, rejecting Irvine's claim that more study was needed because of a 16-year lapse between the reviews and the formal project proposal.
The three-judge panel noted that Irvine?s arguments essentially repeated arguments from past lawsuits and said the city's latest brief ?beats a dead horse.?
?It is impossible to predict with precision the micro effects of various stages of construction at precise points in time without also knowing precisely when one will have the funding to implement those various stages of construction,? Acting Presiding Justice William Bedsworth wrote in the 12-page ruling. ?The best you can do is come reasonably close. That, the County did.?
The ruling, issued Wednesday and announced by the county Friday, ends Irvine?s nearly 20-year legal battle against the jail expansion. The city can appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court; City Hall officials have not yet said whether they plan to do so.
The county plans to add 896 beds by October 2019; the jail currently has 1,322 beds. A 512-bed expansion is to begin construction next year, and a 384-bed facility that will included classroom and therapy space will be funded by an $80 million state grant secured last year.
The appellate ruling upholds a trial court?s decision last year. The city of Irvine will pay the county?s legal fees, according to a county news release.
Contact the writer: mcuniff@ocregister.com. Twitter: @meghanncuniff.
Court again rejects Irvine's challenge to expansion of county jail
Oct. 9, 2015 Updated 4:49 p.m.
By MEGHANN M. CUNIFF
An appellate court has rejected the city of Irvine's latest attempt to stop the expansion of Orange County?s James A. Musick jail.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal this week concluded that the county?s environmental reviews for the $80 million project were proper, rejecting Irvine's claim that more study was needed because of a 16-year lapse between the reviews and the formal project proposal.
The three-judge panel noted that Irvine?s arguments essentially repeated arguments from past lawsuits and said the city's latest brief ?beats a dead horse.?
?It is impossible to predict with precision the micro effects of various stages of construction at precise points in time without also knowing precisely when one will have the funding to implement those various stages of construction,? Acting Presiding Justice William Bedsworth wrote in the 12-page ruling. ?The best you can do is come reasonably close. That, the County did.?
The ruling, issued Wednesday and announced by the county Friday, ends Irvine?s nearly 20-year legal battle against the jail expansion. The city can appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court; City Hall officials have not yet said whether they plan to do so.
The county plans to add 896 beds by October 2019; the jail currently has 1,322 beds. A 512-bed expansion is to begin construction next year, and a 384-bed facility that will included classroom and therapy space will be funded by an $80 million state grant secured last year.
The appellate ruling upholds a trial court?s decision last year. The city of Irvine will pay the county?s legal fees, according to a county news release.
Contact the writer: mcuniff@ocregister.com. Twitter: @meghanncuniff.