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Committee clears SB 675 to speed post-EIR review for proposed Seaport San Diego redevelopment
Summary
SB 675 would apply the spirit of existing Environmental Leadership Development Project (ELDP) streamlining to certain responsible-agency reviews, aiming to shorten approvals after an EIR is certified. The committee advanced the bill as amended after extended testimony from the developer, labor unions and environmental groups.
Senator Alex Padilla (identified in the transcript as Senator Padilla) presented SB 675 to the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee as a district-oriented bill to promote early coordination and timely review of large, multi-agency projects seeking ELDP designation. "This bill is not a modification of CEQA," Padilla said, adding that SB 675 seeks to apply the "spirit and standards" associated with Environmental Leadership Development Projects to responsible-agency review timelines, particularly at the California Coastal Commission.
The bill’s principal example is a proposed comprehensive redevelopment of Seaport Village in San Diego, branded in testimony as "Seaport San Diego." Yehudi Gaffin, CEO of 1 Highway 1 and the project's developer, described the plan as approximately 2,700,000 square feet of development across the Port tidelands, with about 17 acres of public space, an aquarium, an ocean education center in partnership with the San Diego Unified School District, a range…
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