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Senate committee clears SB 830 to fast-track Sutter Health hospital in Emeryville
Summary
The Senate Environmental Quality Committee voted 5-0 to concur in Assembly amendments to SB 830, a bill to provide CEQA judicial streamlining and designate Emeryville as lead agency for Sutter Health's proposed hospital campus; sponsors say it preserves environmental safeguards and requires a community benefits agreement.
The California State Senate Environmental Quality Committee voted 5-0 on SB 830 to concur in Assembly amendments, moving the bill forward after testimony that it would accelerate construction of a new Sutter Health hospital campus in Emeryville.
Senator Ereguene, who presented the measure as a district bill, told the committee, "This bill will establish a CEQA streamlining process for Sutter Health's new hospital campus in Emeryville and would designate the city of Emeryville as a lead agency for CEQA review." She said the bill responds to local capacity risks after prior hospital closures and state seismic mandates that will close Alta Bates in 2030.
The bill's sponsors and supporters said the expedited review is intended to avoid a gap in acute-care access. "We cannot afford to lose healthcare access in the Northern East Bay Area,"…
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