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CEQA Appeals Reform Draws Deep Debate; Committee Tables Narrow Ordinance After Wide Public Comment
Summary
A proposal to raise the signature threshold for certain CEQA appeals and allow limited temporary or reversible public projects to proceed during appeals drew extensive debate and dozens of public callers. The committee voted to table the item for further consideration after divided remarks from supervisors and legal concerns raised by advocates.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee spent much of its May 17 meeting on a narrowly framed ordinance that would raise the signature threshold to file CEQA appeals for a limited set of projects and allow certain temporary or reversible public actions to proceed while an appeal is pending.
Sponsor Supervisor Matt Haney said the changes would apply only to a small class of projects — including SFMTA and Port projects where the Board of Supervisors is not the approving authority, and temporary or reversible actions (no more than 180 days) — and would preserve the right to appeal while preventing repeated…
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