California Sues City Over Tribe Remains Found at Housing Project

A Southern California city violated the state’s flagship environmental protection law when it greenlit a housing project on land containing numerous indigenous tribal remains, the state said in a lawsuit.

Poway, Ca., located in San Diego County, violated the California Environmental Quality Act when it failed to review or implement mitigation strategies onto a luxury housing project that continually unearthed tribal remains, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a complaint Monday in California Superior Court, San Diego County. Bonta is asking the state to enjoin the city from allowing the project to move forward until it complies with CEQA ...