Anna Caballero
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 14
Author
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. CEQA establishes a procedure by which a person may seek judicial review of the decision of the lead agency made pursuant to CEQA. This bill would, until January 1, 2025, establish specified procedures for the administrative and judicial review of the environmental review and approvals granted for projects located in specified counties that are funded, in whole or in part, by specified public funds or public agencies and that meet certain requirements. Because a public agency would be required to comply with those new procedures, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Judicial Council, by March 31, 2021, to adopt rules of court applicable to an action or proceeding brought to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the certification or adoption of an environmental review document or the granting of project approvals, including any appeals therefrom, to be resolved, to the extent feasible, within 270 days of the filing of the certified record of proceedings with the court to an action or proceeding seeking judicial review of the lead agency's action related to those projects. The bill would require a party seeking to file an action or proceeding pursuant to CEQA to provide the lead agency and the real party in interest a notice of intent to sue within 10 days of the posting of a certain notice and would prohibit a court from accepting the filing of an action or proceeding from a party that fails to provide the notice of intent to sue. The bill would also require a qualified opportunity fund that finances, in whole or in part, a qualified project to provide, to the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development and upon initial application for a qualified project and every 6 months thereafter, specified information regarding the fund and the qualified opportunity zone in which the project is located. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Fresno, Madera, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, and Stanislaus. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
August 6 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
July 29 hearing postponed by committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
July 8 hearing: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Re-referred to Coms. on L. & E. and NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and L. & E.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 6. Page 1257.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing May 13.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 797.) (April 23).
Set for hearing April 23.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 651.) (April 10).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
March 20 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing April 10.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ.
Set for hearing March 20.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB25 | HTML |
| 12/03/18 - Introduced | |
| 03/07/19 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/11/19 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/30/19 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/27/20 - Amended Assembly |
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