Lawsuit against general plan is dropped

A lawsuit challenging the environmental report on changes to Newport Beach’s general plan has been dismissed, Newport Beach City Atty. Robin Clauson said.

Voters in November approved an overhaul of the general plan, which sets guidelines for development in the city.

The suit, filed in August by Stop Polluting Our Newport, said the environmental report on the changes was deceptive because it claims the new general plan would reduce traffic while adding more homes, a spokesman for Stop Polluting Our Newport said at the time.

Clauson said the group that filed the suit decided to drop it, but she doesn’t know why. She received notice of the dismissal from Orange County Superior Court late last week.

“It wasn’t any kind of agreement we reached with them or anything — they just dismissed it,” she said.

A call to a Stop Polluting Our Newport representative was not returned Thursday.