Week in Review: BHUSD and City File Separate Lawsuits Against Metro

The Beverly Hills Unified School District and city of Beverly Hills each filed a California Environmental Quality Act challenge against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to stop a subway from being routed under Beverly Hills High School as part of the Westside Subway Extension.

CEQA requires state and local agencies to identify significant environmental impacts potentially caused by their actions—and to avoid or mitigate those impacts. BHUSD and the city assert that the subway project was approved in violation of the CEQA statute.

Read about that and more in the top stories from May 27 to June 2.

1. The Beverly Hills Education Foundation's main fundraiser of the year, the Apple Ball, .

2. The Los Angeles Times published an editorial saying a legal challenge from Beverly Hills to prevent a subway from going under BHHS .

3. The asking a judge to set aside Metro's approval of the final environmental studies of the Westside Subway Extension, which involves tunneling under BHHS.

4. The city of Beverly Hills also in an effort to stop a subway from being routed below BHHS.

5. The is almost ready to break ground. It will promote sustainable gardening and watering techniques for people to use in their own gardens.

Also, the Beverly Hills Fire Department is holding  Thursday, June 7. The sessions are free of charge and no registration is necessary.

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