CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1197Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoFebruary 21, 2019 An act relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1197, as introduced, Santiago. California Environmental Quality Act: affordable housing projects.The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed pursuant to CEQA for affordable housing projects.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for affordable housing projects.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1197Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoFebruary 21, 2019 An act relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1197, as introduced, Santiago. California Environmental Quality Act: affordable housing projects.The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed pursuant to CEQA for affordable housing projects.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1197
Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoFebruary 21, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago
February 21, 2019
An act relating to environmental quality.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1197, as introduced, Santiago. California Environmental Quality Act: affordable housing projects.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed pursuant to CEQA for affordable housing projects.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed pursuant to CEQA for affordable housing projects.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for affordable housing projects.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for affordable housing projects.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for affordable housing projects.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would establish a streamlined administrative and judicial process for environmental reviews performed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for affordable housing projects.
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