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Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation

Jul. 28, 2021

San Francisco school historic murals saved for now

Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo ruled the school board “ignored CEQA in pursuit of a predetermined result” and ordered members to set aside their 2019 decision while doing a new environmental impact report.

San Francisco school historic murals saved for now
The mural "Westward Vision," by Victor Arnautoff, which depicts George Washington directing gun-carrying colonists westward, and an apparently slain Native American, at George Washington High School in San Francisco, on April 9, 2019. (New York Times News Service)

The San Francisco school board violated the California Environmental Quality Act when it voted to cover up historic murals at George Washington High School before conducting studies required by the law, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo ruled the board “ignored CEQA in pursuit of a predetermined result” and ordered members to set aside their 2019 decision while doing a new environmental impact repor...

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