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CEQA training for commissioners stresses "adequacy, not perfection" and practical tips
Summary
Consultant Mark Teague of PlaceWorks briefed the Brisbane Planning Commission on CEQA basics, emphasizing thresholds, baselines, mitigation proportionality and the practical role of staff; he urged commissioners to seek adequacy rather than perfection in environmental documents.
The Brisbane Planning Commission received CEQA training on Feb. 26 from Mark Teague of PlaceWorks, who told commissioners the California Environmental Quality Act exists to disclose probable project impacts and that commissioners should focus on whether an environmental document provides adequate information to make a decision — not on achieving perfection.
Teague walked the commission through…
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