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Carlsbad subcommittee narrows CEQA exemption, asks staff to rewrite transit-distance language in 2025 legislative platform
Summary
The Carlsbad legislative subcommittee amended its draft 2025 legislative platform to clarify a CEQA exemption applies only to 100% affordable housing projects and directed staff to change language measuring distance to transit from "as the crow flies" to a path-of-travel/transit-time metric; both actions passed unanimously and will go to the full City Council.
The Carlsbad City Council legislative subcommittee voted unanimously to edit its draft 2025 legislative platform to (1) limit a proposed CEQA exemption to 100% affordable housing projects and (2) ask staff to revise language about measuring distance to major transit stops so it reflects path-of-travel or transit time rather than an "as the crow flies" radius.
The platform changes followed public comment from Martin Danner, president of the Equitable Land Use Alliance, who urged the…
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