Calif. High Court Opinion Offers Little CEQA Guidance
By Arthur Coon ( July 19, 2017, 2:33 PM EDT) -- On July 13, 2017, the California Supreme Court rendered a 6-1 decision holding that the San Diego Association of Governments' (SANDAG) 2011 environmental impact report (EIR) for its regional transportation plan/sustainable communities strategy (RTP/SCS) issued pursuant to SB 375 did not violate the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) "by declining to explicitly engage in an analysis of the consistency of projected 2050 greenhouse gas emissions with the goals in [a 2005] executive order [the 2005 EO]." (Cleveland National Forest Foundation, et al v. San Diego Association of Governments (2017) ___ Cal. 5th __, Supreme Court Case No. 5223603.) This conclusion is not surprising, and it is undoubtedly correct. But it is disappointing that the majority's opinion lacks significant practical or legal guidance for conducting CEQA-compliant greenhouse gas analysis for long-term regional plans....
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