The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is intended to enhance the long-term protection of the environment and to encourage public participation in the process.

The basic goal of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is to develop and maintain a high-quality environment now and in the future, while the specific goals of CEQA are for California's public agencies to:

1. Identify the significant environmental effects of their actions; and, either
2. Avoid those significant environmental effects, where feasible; or
3. Mitigate those significant environmental effects, where feasible.

The City has adopted guidelines, Local Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act, which implement CEQA and State Guidelines. The Guidelines identify the procedures and processes that are used to determine:

1. If a project is subject to CEQA;
2. The process that is used when a project is subject to CEQA; and
3. The various levels of CEQA analyses that may occur with a development project.

For further information regarding CEQA compliance visit http://opr.ca.gov/ceqa/

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