Bill Text: CA SB875 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 875 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Crimes: parole.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-26 - April 26 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author. [SB875 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB875-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 875

Introduced by Senator Skinner

January 24, 2022

An act to amend Section 21080.09 of the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 875, as introduced, Skinner. California Environmental Quality Act: public higher education.

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 the lead agency 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. Existing law makes the selection of a location for a particular campus, the approval of a long range development plan, and the approval of a project on a particular campus or medical center of public higher education subject to CEQA, as specified. Existing law specifies that compliance with these provisions satisfies the obligations of public higher education pursuant to CEQA to consider the environmental impact of academic and enrollment plans, as specified.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the latter provision.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 21080.09 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

21080.09.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Public higher education” has the same meaning as specified in Section 66010 of the Education Code.

(2) “Long range development plan” means a physical development and land use plan to meet the academic and institutional objectives for a particular campus or medical center of public higher education.

(b) The selection of a location for a particular campus and the approval of a long range development plan are subject to this division and require the preparation of an environmental impact report. Environmental effects relating to changes in enrollment levels shall be considered for each campus or medical center of public higher education in the environmental impact report prepared for the long range development plan for the campus or medical center.

(c) The approval of a project on a particular campus or medical center of public higher education is subject to this division and may be addressed, subject to the other provisions of this division, in a tiered environmental analysis based upon a long range development plan environmental impact report.

(d) Compliance with this section satisfies the obligations of public higher education pursuant to this division to consider the environmental impact of academic and enrollment plans as they affect campuses or medical centers, provided that ~~any such~~ the plans shall become effective for a campus or medical center only after the environmental effects of those plans have been analyzed as required by this division in a long range development plan environmental impact report or tiered analysis based upon that environmental impact report for that campus or medical center, and addressed as required by this division.