SB 91 — California Environmental Quality Act: supportive and transitional housing: motel conversion: environmental leadership transit projects.

Summary

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, exempts from CEQA projects related to the conversion of a structure with a certificate of occupancy as a motel, hotel, residential hotel, or hostel to supportive or transitional housing, as defined, that meet certain conditions. This bill would extend indefinitely the above exemption. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, establishes specified procedures for the preparation of the EIR for, and judicial review of the certification of the EIR and approvals granted for, an environmental leadership transit project, as defined, proposed by a public or private entity or its affiliates that is located wholly within the County of Los Angeles or connects to an existing transit project wholly located in that county and that is approved by the lead agency on or before January 1, 2024. This bill would, extend the application of those procedures for environmental leadership transit projects to January 1, 2026, for projects approved on or before January 1, 2025. Because the bill would extend the duties of lead agencies to determine the applicability of the above exemption and to comply with specific procedures for the preparation of the EIR for environmental leadership transit projects, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/10/23 - Chaptered Current pdf October 10, 2023
• Enrolled 09/15/23 - Enrolled pdf September 15, 2023
• Amended 09/08/23 - Amended Assembly pdf September 08, 2023
• Introduced 01/17/23 - Introduced pdf January 17, 2023
• SB91 View text html

Action History

1. October 10, 2023

   Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 732, Statutes of 2023.

2. October 10, 2023

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 20, 2023

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

4. September 13, 2023

   Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2736.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

5. September 12, 2023

   In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

6. September 12, 2023

   Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3252.) Ordered to the Senate.

7. September 08, 2023

   Ordered to third reading.

8. September 08, 2023

   Read third time and amended.

9. September 05, 2023

   Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.

10. September 05, 2023

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2927.) Ordered to the Senate.

11. August 14, 2023

    Ordered to third reading.

12. August 14, 2023

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Boerner.

13. July 13, 2023

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

14. July 12, 2023

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 12).

15. June 29, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

16. June 13, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

17. May 11, 2023

    Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and H. & C.D.

18. May 04, 2023

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

19. May 04, 2023

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1003.) Ordered to the Assembly.

20. May 02, 2023

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

21. May 01, 2023

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

22. April 21, 2023

    Set for hearing May 1.

23. April 19, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 796.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

24. March 30, 2023

    Set for hearing April 18.

25. March 15, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 353.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

26. February 10, 2023

    Set for hearing March 15.

27. January 25, 2023

    Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and HOUSING.

28. January 18, 2023

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.

29. January 17, 2023

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

• Thomas J. Umberg · Primary

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