San Jose's general plan imperiled by greenhouse gas lawsuit

When it was adopted in 2011 San Jose’s new general plan, Envision 2040, promised to limit sprawl by focusing growth in urban nodes and balancing the city’s jobs and housing mix.

So it’s something of an irony that it’s under fire for allegedly — you guessed it — causing sprawl.

Now the city of San Jose is being faced with defending the validity of its land-use bible after a little-known environmental advocacy organization scored a significant court victory earlier this year.

City officials…