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Introduction
Milestones
in California’s Planning Law
Chapter
1: General Plan Basics
Comprehensiveness
Internal
Consistency
Long-Term Perspective
Defining the
Parts of the General Plan
Community Plans, Area Plans,
and Specific Plans
Elements, Issues, and Flexibility
Adoption
of Another Jurisdiction’s General Plan and Joint Adoption
Chapter
2: Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice
Sustainable Development
Environmental
Justice
Transit-Oriented Development
Chapter
3: Preparing and Amending
the General Plan
The
Work Program
Formulate Goals
Collect and Analyze
Data
Refine Goals and Determine Objectives
Developing
and Evaluating Alternative Plans
Selecting the Preferred
Plan
Implementing the General Plan
General Plan
Amendments
Chapter
4: Required Elements
Relationships Among
Elements and Issues
Land Use Element
Circulation
Element
Housing Element
Conservation Element
Open-Space
Element
Noise Element
Safety Element
Chapter
5: Format and Element Integration
Equal Status
and Internal Consistency
Six General Plan Guidelines
Element
Consolidation
Style and Presentation
Chapter
6: Optional Elements
Air Quality
Capital
Improvements / Public Facilities
Community Design
Economic/Fiscal
Development
Energy
Flood Management
Geothermal
Parks
And Recreation
Water
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Chapter
7: CEQA and the General Plan
EIR Preparation
Timing
Public
Review of the EIR
Adoption and Certification
Program
and Master EIRs
Combining the General Plan and its
EIR
Findings
Mitigation Monitoring and Implementation
Master
Environmental Assessment
Exemptions
Chapter
8: Public Participation
Environmental Justice
Goals
and Outcomes
Process Design
Tools
Chapter
9: Implementing the General Plan
Zoning
Specific
Plans
Subdivision Regulations
Capital Facilities
Redevelopment
Development
Agreements
Building and Housing Codes
Acquisition
Seven
General Plan Guidelines
Preferential Property Tax
Assessments
Land Trusts
Transportation System
Management
Infrastructure Funding Mechanisms
Transportation
Financing Methods
Consistency in Implementation
Zoning
Consistency
Enforcement and Remedies
Annual Progress
Reports
Chapter
10: Special General Plan Considerations
California
Coastal Act
Surface Mining and Reclamation Act
California
Integrated Waste Management Act
County Hazardous
Waste Management Plans
Alquist-Priolo Earthquake
Fault Zoning Act
Seismic Hazards Mapping Act
Cobey-Alquist
Floodplain Management Act
Airport Land Use Commission
Law
Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization
Act of 2000
Regional Transportation Planning
Endangered
Species Laws
Wetlands Protection
Air Quality
Water
Quality
Delta Protection Act of 1992
Appendix
A: Pertinent State Code Sections
Appendix
B: Court and Attorney General Opinions
Appendix
C: Noise Element Guidelines
Glossary
Bibliography
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