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LCI seeks baseline funds and IT modernization; committee questions CEQA clearinghouse workload
Summary
The Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation described statutory responsibilities from CEQA guidance to strategic growth investments and requested baseline funding for IT, administration and land policy. Senators questioned ongoing general‑fund commitments and the need for a permanent data lead to maintain a modernized CEQA clearinghouse.
Director Assefa and senior deputies from the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) presented the office’s statutory role and requested baseline and climate bond‑related funding during the subcommittee hearing.
Assefa described LCI’s mission as the state’s central long‑range planning entity, coordinating land use, housing, transportation, conservation and climate resilience and providing CEQA guidance and technical assistance to local governments. The office said it supports Strategic Growth Council investments (SGC) that have totaled more than $5.7 billion in community investments since inception and will award nearly $1 billion in the…
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