Bill Text: CA SB801 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Environmental quality: CEQA.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB801 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB801-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 801	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Walters

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act relating to coastal resources.   An
act to amend Section 21100 of the Public Resources Code, relating to
environmental quality. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 801, as amended, Walters.  Coastal resources: coastal
zone: City of Laguna Niguel.   Environmental quality:
CEQA.  
   The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead
agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract,
and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a
project, as defined, 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.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.  
   The California Coastal Act of 1976 imposes certain restrictions on
development in the coastal zone of the state and requires each local
government located within the coastal zone to prepare a local
coastal program. The act defines "coastal zone" for these purposes
and makes revisions to the coastal zone boundary.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to conform the coastal zone boundary in the City of
Laguna Niguel to the most westerly and seaward existing built-out
development edge of the city. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 21100 of the   Public
Resources Code   is amended to read: 
   21100.  (a)  All lead agencies   A lead
agency  shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, and
certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on 
any   a  project  which  
they propose   that it proposes  to carry out or
approve that may have a significant effect on the environment.
Whenever feasible, a standard format shall be used for  an
environmental impact  reports   report  .
   (b) The environmental impact report shall include a detailed
statement setting forth all of the following:
   (1) All significant effects on the environment of the proposed
project.
   (2) In a separate section:
   (A) Any significant effect on the environment that cannot be
avoided if the project is implemented.
   (B) Any significant effect on the environment that would be
irreversible if the project is implemented.
   (3) Mitigation measures proposed to minimize significant effects
on the environment, including, but not limited to, measures to reduce
the wasteful, inefficient, and unnecessary consumption of energy.
   (4) Alternatives to the proposed project.
   (5) The growth-inducing impact of the proposed project.
   (c) The report shall also contain a statement  briefly
indicating   that briefly states  the reasons for
determining that various effects on the environment of a project are
not significant and consequently have not been discussed in detail in
the environmental impact report.
   (d) For purposes of this section, any significant effect on the
environment shall be limited to substantial, or potentially
substantial, adverse changes in physical conditions which exist
within the area as defined in Section 21060.5.
   (e) Previously approved land use documents, including, but not
limited to, general plans, specific plans, and local coastal plans,
may be used in cumulative impact analysis. 
  SECTION 1.    The Legislature intends to enact
legislation to revise the coastal zone boundary for the City of
Laguna Niguel to the most westerly and seaward existing built-out
development edge of the city excluding existing residences and city
streets, while continuing to preserve and protect those natural and
manmade features seaward of the developed areas, including public
open space, public parkland, linkages to the California Coastal
Trail, fire access roads, and buffer and fuel modification zones.