Memo delivered to Board of Supervisors on GPU and DEIR fixes on January 22

Today, Tuesday January 22, 2019, members of the CPC attended the Board of Supervisors meeting to provide public comment urging the County to create a legally defensible General Plan.

This memo summarizes solutions to fix the General Plan Update and Environmental Impact Report to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This memo concludes with a one-page summary listing each of the CEQA problems associated with the General Plan Update and DEIR, followed by their solution. This summary could be used by Supervisors as a guide in discussing these issues with staff, consultants, and the public. This memo concludes that by complying with CEQA, the County can promote economic development, ensure environmental protection, support the exercise of property rights, and secure outside funding to improve local conditions. These benefits of the general plan will only happen if the Board of Supervisors engages now to direct its staff and consultants to fix the plan and EIR.

Read the full memo and full details below.

Memo to BOS on GPU & DEIR Fixes final