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Clearlake holds AB 52 tribal consultation training; tribes urge early engagement to protect cultural resources
Summary
Clearlake hosted a joint city council and planning commission training on AB 52 (tribal consultation under CEQA) where archaeologist Lisa Westwood and tribal representatives emphasized early government-to-government consultation, the legal timing requirements, and practical measures such as tribal monitoring, buffers and sensitivity mapping to avoid harm to tribal cultural resources.
Clearlake held a joint special meeting and training on tribal consultation on June 30, where city staff, councilmembers, planning commissioners and representatives from several culturally affiliated tribes heard detailed guidance on the legal and practical steps for protecting tribal cultural resources (TCRs).
The workshop, introduced by City Manager Alan Flora, featured Lisa Westwood, a registered professional archaeologist with ECORP Consulting, who explained how Assembly Bill 52 (AB 52) amended the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to require government-to-government consultation early in the environmental review process. "AB 52 also established that tribes are the experts in tribal cultural resources," Westwood said, and she summarized the key timing milestones: agencies must notify tribes within 14 days of deciding to undertake CEQA review, initiate consultation within 30 days after a tribe requests it, and may not circulate an environmental…
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