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Subcommittee advances bill to analyze university enrollment growth at regional scale under CEQA
Summary
The subcommittee voted unanimously to advance SB 486, which would require enrollment growth at public university campuses to be analyzed at the regional scale under the California Environmental Quality Act and tie campuses into regional planning processes including RHNA.
A California State Senate subcommittee unanimously moved Senate Bill 486, which would change how enrollment growth at public university campuses is analyzed under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and require universities to participate as full partners in regional planning processes.
Senator Cabaldon, the bill's author, said the measure responds to capacity constraints at public universities that stem from difficulties getting projects through the CEQA process. "We could add another 10 or 20% to our student body…
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