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Planning Commission presses staff on notice and process for Chapter 31 CEQA changes; public asks delay
Summary
Public speakers and commissioners pressed planning staff over the administration and notice for proposed Chapter 31 administrative-code amendments (CEQA appeal procedures). Commissioners asked for legal advice and ultimately continued deliberations; the commission set a follow-up date and asked the City Attorney for a written opinion on noticing rules.
The commission heard a prolonged public debate over draft amendments to Administrative Code Chapter 31 (appeals and time limits for categorical exemptions, negative declarations and EIRs). Multiple neighborhood groups and public speakers argued they had not been given adequate notice to review the proposed changes and asked the commission to delay any recommendation so community organizations could digest the language (Marilyn Amini, Hiroshi Fukuda, Marilyn Amini again and others raised notice and process objections).
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