SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—After city officials settled a decades-long debate and voted to approve in April the construction of the community’s first skatepark, a former San Juan Capistrano mayor filed a lawsuit weeks after opposing the $3.3 million project, saying its potential impacts were not properly evaluated under California environmental law, known as CEQA.
Carolyn Nash, who served as mayor in 1995, filed the lawsuit April 26 in Orange County Superior Court under a newly certified non-profit titled “Preserve Our Farm SJC,” which, according to state documents, was certified by the State of California less than a week after city officials approved the project.
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