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Orinda officials applaud removal of 'tier 3' designations from SB 79 after local advocacy
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City staff and elected officials said outreach with regional partners and state lawmakers led to amendments removing "tier 3" designations from SB 79, a change local leaders said protects local planning discretion around BART and Caltrans-owned sites.
City of Orinda officials said work with regional partners and state lawmakers led to a substantive amendment to Senate Bill 79 that removed "tier 3" designations, a change local leaders described as preserving local planning authority around certain transit and highway sites.
The city manager told the council the city coordinated with the City of Lafayette and other regional partners to press concerns about SB 79 and proposed mitigations. "As of today, later this afternoon, those tier 3 designations have been removed entirely from SB 79," the city manager said, and added that Contra Costa County…
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