Recent Streetsblog SF posts about CEQA

Sunday Meter Repeal Needs No CEQA Review, Say SFMTA and Planning Dept.

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 13, 2014 | 18 Comments

An appeal claiming that the repeal of Sunday parking meters is an action that requires environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act is baseless, according to responses issued by the SFMTA and Planning Department this week. The appeal, filed by Livable City and the SF Transit Riders Union, is set for a hearing and vote at […]

SFTRU, Livable City Want CEQA Review of Sunday Parking Meter Repeal

By Aaron Bialick | May 15, 2014 | 15 Comments

Updated 4:16 p.m. with comment from Supervisor John Avalos. Livable City and the SF Transit Riders Union have filed an appeal claiming that the SFMTA’s vote to repeal Sunday parking meters requires California Environmental Quality Act environmental review. Given that the policy change is expected to double the average time drivers take to find a commercial parking […]

The End for LOS in California? State Wants Input on a New Planning Metric

By Melanie Curry | Feb 10, 2014 | No Comments

With little fanfare, California is considering a change in how it measures transportation impacts that could herald a major change in environmental law. SB 743, passed and signed into law in September, is a potential game changer because it could completely remove LOS — Level of Service, a measure of car traffic congestion — from […]

New “Kings Arena” CEQA Bill Would Still Nix LOS in “Transit Priority Areas”

By Damien Newton | Sep 13, 2013 | No Comments

Steinberg’s hasty press conference held after the passage of SB 743 Last night, both California’s Senate and Assembly passed SB 743, Senator Darrell Steinberg’s legislation that replaced his original CEQA reform bill, SB 731, which promised to end the reign of Level of Service (LOS) in California urban planning. SB 743 would still eliminate of LOS to […]

CEQA Reform Update: Is This the End for LOS?

By Damien Newton | Sep 11, 2013 | No Comments

Finally, some sanity may be coming to California’s most important environmental protection law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Under current law, all projects, be they rail lines, bike plans, or new buildings would have to prove that it would not impact local driving times or it would have to complete a costly mitigation plan. […]

Bike/Ped Advocates Back Wiener’s Move to Curb Superfluous CEQA Appeals

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 10, 2013 | 6 Comments

In November, a handful of opponents filed a CEQA appeal against the Fell and Oak Street bike and pedestrian improvements after construction on the project had already begun. Fortunately, the Board of Supervisors dismissed their claims that the project required a full environmental impact report under the California Environmental Quality Act, and the appeal didn’t […]

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