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Seal Beach board opens 45-day review of draft EIR for housing element, solicits public comment
Summary
The Environmental Quality Control Board received a programmatic draft environmental impact report tied to Seal Beach’s housing element and zoning code update and urged residents to submit written comments by June 23; no action was taken at the June 5 special meeting.
Seal Beach’s Environmental Quality Control Board on June 5 opened a 45-day public review of a programmatic draft environmental impact report for the city’s housing element and zoning-code update and encouraged residents to submit written comments by June 23.
The draft EIR, prepared by Stantec, evaluates the housing element update — a state-required chapter of the general plan that identifies local housing needs and a work program to meet them — and a site inventory the city says will help meet its regional housing needs allocation (RHNA). Anna Radnich of Stantec told the board, “This presentation will be available on our website after this evening,” and Trevor Musensky emphasized, “The draft has all the information for the community that’s watching… Please review the draft. It’s where all the details are.”
Why it matters: the housing element is mandatory under state law…
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