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AB 66 would allow targeted CEQA exemptions to build or improve single-egress evacuation routes; advocates say it saves lives, opponents cite biodiversity and V
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AB 66 would allow narrowly tailored CEQA exemptions for projects that improve emergency evacuation routes in areas with only a single egress, proponents said, citing wildfire safety needs.
Assemblymember Tangipa presented AB 66 to address communities that lack multiple evacuation routes in wildfire-prone landscapes. The bill would allow specific local agencies to use a targeted CEQA exemption to build or improve projects that create life-saving exits from single-egress areas.
Carrie Hillis, vice mayor of Moraga, described neighborhoods in her town that are effectively one-way-in, one-way-out and said AB 66 would allow construction of short connecting routes (for example, linking…
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