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Assembly committee advances targeted CEQA exemption to speed Southern California veterans cemetery
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The Assembly Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs voted to send AB 571, which would provide an urgency clause and a narrow CEQA exemption to clear permitting hurdles for the proposed Southern California Veterans Cemetery in Gibson Canyon, Anaheim, to the Appropriations Committee.
SACRAMENTO — The Assembly Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs on Thursday voted to pass AB 571 and refer it to the Committee on Appropriations. The bill, authored by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk Silva, would provide an urgency clause and a narrow exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to streamline planning and permitting for the proposed Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gibson Canyon in the city of Anaheim.
Quirk Silva, the bill’s author, told the committee the measure is the culmination of more than a decade of work to bring a veterans cemetery to Orange County. “This is actually the fourth piece of legislation in this package to…
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