Environmental & Energy
Apr. 17, 2013
Proposed CEQA bills would clarify law, protect public health
With all of the recent discussion about fundamentally altering the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, it is easy to overlook some important, but more modest, proposals to clarify the law.
Erin Chalmers
Associate, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Erin represents environmental groups and public agencies in matters involving CEQA and NEPA, planning and zoning, waste management, rent control, and climate change.
With all of the recent discussion about fundamentally altering the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, it is easy to overlook some important, but more modest, proposals to clarify the law. Senate Bill 617 (Evans), and Assembly Bill 953 (Ammiano) include one such proposal. These bills would provide a much needed legislative fix to address recent court decisions that have created legal uncertainty over CEQA's scope.
For decades, agencies have known that CEQA requires t...
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