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Bill would let local agencies use targeted CEQA exemptions to build emergency evacuation links
Summary
AB 66 would provide a targeted CEQA exemption to speed construction or improvement of evacuation routes in areas with a single egress. Sponsors argued it would save lives in wildfire‑prone communities; some land‑use groups and conservation advocates raised concerns about building roads in sensitive areas without full environmental review.
Assemblymember Tangipa presented AB 66, a bill to create a narrow CEQA exemption for projects that improve emergency evacuation in areas that currently have a single egress route. The author and a municipal witness from the town of Moraga said several communities face real evacuation chokepoints and that the exemption would enable life‑saving connections.
Why it matters: Witness Carrie Hillis, vice mayor of Moraga, described…
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