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Moreno Valley council certifies revised 2024 General Plan EIR after Attorney General negotiations
Summary
After months of negotiations with the California Attorney General, Moreno Valley adopted a revised program EIR, a 2024 General Plan update and a new Climate Action Plan with an expanded mitigation monitoring program addressing air‑quality and greenhouse gas concerns; the council also introduced zoning text amendments for later action.
The Moreno Valley City Council on April 21 approved a revised Program Environmental Impact Report and adopted the 2024 General Plan update and Climate Action Plan after settling mitigation language with the California Attorney General’s office.
Community Development Director Angelica Frasto Lupo told the council the revised documents update the EIR baseline to 2024 and add analyses and mitigations on air quality, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions identified by the court’s prior ruling. Kimley Horn consultant Heidi Roose summarized the revisions as targeted edits focused on the four issues the court found deficient in the original 2021 EIR.
The AR office urged stronger mitigation in October and November 2025 and worked with city staff through settlement negotiations. City Clerk Patty Rodriguez read the AG office letter from Deputy Attorney General Jessica Durnney noting that “the MMRP contains mitigation measures that satisfy the concerns we expressed” but…
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