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Bill # State Year Party Topic

AB 1197

CA 2019 D Environmental review, Other streamlining

Provided by Furman

Summary

  • Exempts certain activities by the City of Los Angeles and eligible public agencies related to supportive housing and emergency shelters from CEQA review, until January 1, 2025.
  • Retroactively exempts from CEQA the adoption of two specific 2018 City of Los Angeles ordinances (Nos. 185,489 and 185,492).
  • Requires the lead agency to file a notice of exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and the Los Angeles County clerk when determining an activity is not subject to CEQA under these provisions.
  • Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Provided by lawmakers

Bill Title

California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: City of Los Angeles: supportive housing and emergency shelters

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