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Board affirms planning department’s CEQA exemption for proposed cannabis shop at 2000 Oakdale after public hearing on odors

3006383 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

The Board of Supervisors unanimously affirmed March 1 that the planning department properly issued a common-sense CEQA exemption for a proposed cannabis microbusiness at 2000 Oakdale, rejecting an appeal that raised potential odor impacts.

The Board of Supervisors on March 1 affirmed a planning department determination that a proposed cannabis retail and microbusiness at 2000 Oakdale Avenue is exempt from further environmental review under CEQA’s “common-sense” exemption (Guidelines §15061(b)(3)). The board approved item 29 by unanimous roll call and tabled related items 30 and 31.

What was before the board: The hearing addressed an appeal by a nearby property owner (Libriq Investment Corp.) challenging the Planning Department’s September 8, 2021 determination that the project did not require an environmental review. The appellant argued the planning department failed to demonstrate “with certainty” that activities at the proposed site would have no possibility of significant environmental impact,…

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