The city of San Diego is refusing to accept defeat after a devastating appellate court ruling ordered reinstatement of the 30-foot height limit in the Midway District.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said Monday that he will ask City Council to OK a petition to the state Supreme Court to review the case, which hinges on whether the city sufficiently studied the environmental impacts of taller buildings in the Midway District before asking voters to remove the region from its coastal zone.

“The city attorney and I disagree strongly with this ruling and will be asking the City Council to appeal it to the California Supreme Court,” Gloria said in a statement.

Friday, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal said that the city violated California’s Environmental Quality Act , or CEQA, and

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