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Planning Commission forwards Lompoc Environmental Justice element to City Council
Summary
After multiple reviews, the commission voted to forward a final, clean copy of a proposed Environmental Justice element to the City Council, incorporating edits to broaden housing rehabilitation language and to add a program pursuing grants for substandard housing remediation.
The Lompoc Planning Commission voted Sept. 11 to forward a final draft of a proposed Environmental Justice element for the 2030 General Plan to the City Council, with the commission’s red-line edits incorporated into a clean copy.
Planning staff presented the fourth review of the environmental justice element and the associated environmental review addendum. Staff said the commission had requested three principal changes: remove a duplicated listing for industrial truck idling; revise policy EJ 6.2 to focus on rehabilitation and preservation of substandard housing (not limited to affordable housing) and to add incentive language; and add a program directing the city to pursue grants and funding sources for substandard housing conditions beyond lead remediation.
During discussion, Commissioner Bridge pressed staff on whether the council should receive a redlined working copy or a clean, final document. Staff said retaining redlines in public materials can improve transparency by showing what the commission changed, but commissioners argued the council should receive a clean copy and staff could include a redline history or a summary in the staff report. Commissioner Bridge moved to approve a clean final draft with the commission’s red-line edits incorporated; the motion was seconded and passed on a recorded 4–0 vote.
Staff told the commission they would present a clean copy to City Council and explain the revision history in the staff report. Staff also noted the environmental review was processed as an addendum to the previously approved environmental impact report.
Next steps: Staff will place the clean, commission-approved draft on the City Council agenda along with a staff report summarizing the commission’s edits and the addendum to the environmental review.
