The First District Court of Appeal has upheld the City of Napa's decision to rely on its 1998 general plan environmental impact report in adopting its 2009 housing element. Latinos Unidos De Napa sued the city, claiming a new environmental impact report should have been prepared for the housing element. But the First District disagreed, essentially concluding that the land use changes contained in the housing element were so minor that they did not trigger the need for a new EIR. >>read more