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Planning staff outlines follow-up actions on farmworker housing and notes CEQA changes could reduce environmental review for housing

5929760 · July 11, 2025
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County planning staff reported July 9 on follow-up measures from the farmworker housing task force, including a proposed LCP amendment to streamline permitting for qualifying farmworker housing and proposed changes to well-monitoring rules for employee housing.

Planning Department staff reported on July 9 on follow-up work from the county’s farmworker housing task force and on recent state changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Staff said the county is drafting an amendment to the Local Coastal Program (LCP) to create an exemption for farmworker housing projects that meet defined parameters so permit review may be streamlined where projects would not adversely affect coastal resources. The department also said the Environmental Health…

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