BACA

The Limits of Implementation for BACA

Potential practical limits on the scope of the initiative to rewrite CEQA

I’ve done a lot of analysis of the potential scope of the Cal Chamber initiative on the ballot this fall to fundamentally rework CEQA.  However, I also want to highlight a range of constraints that I think will limit the practical impact of the initiative.  In doing so, I do not want to minimize the …

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BACA and planning

Initiative to fundamentally rewrite CEQA will have important implications for planning in California

A key question under the CEQA initiative on the ballot this fall, should it be enacted, is how it will relate to planning in California law.  The question is an important one because planning has long been a key component of California land-use and environmental law.  All local governments are required by state law to …

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Ensuring Environmental Protections Without CEQA

The legislature could take steps to address the impacts on state environmental law of the enactment of BACA this November

It seems likely at this point that the Cal Chamber initiative to significantly rewrite CEQA will pass this fall.  A recent PPIC poll found over 70% support for the initiative.  As I’ve noted earlier, a real concern with any change to CEQA is that key parts of California’s system of environmental protections depend on CEQA.  …

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