CA Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

Assembly passed SB 71, but delayed a vote on Wiener's more controversial legislation, SB 79.

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Is the California Environmental Quality Act - theoretically written to prevent disasters like these fires - really the big barrier holding back a rebuild?

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Part 1: The LOS, VMT, CEQA, OPR alphabet soup

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The environmental report for the Yolo Bypass project understates the true impacts of the project, according to the lawsuit

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In Fresno, a court case against a highway widening meets an unexpected legal hurdle. Instead of just completing a public health impact study, Caltrans wants the court to dismiss a case on technical grounds.

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The California Environmental Quality Act added Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) as a way to measure transportation impacts, and sprawl supporters are unhappy about it.

The post Attempt to Undermine VMT Rules Becomes a Bill to Study Their Use Instead appeared first on Streetsblog California.

An investigation by Fresnoland shows state agency ignored key impacts of an expansion of Highway 99 in south central Fresno.

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