[Sustain] Fwd: Alioto-Pier CEQA Amendments at Land Use, Mon, Sept. 27

[Eric Brooks]

  Hi all,

Please pass around to others. Supervisor Alioto-Pier is proposing 
changes to local CEQA processes. As yet, we don't have the text, but 
here is a message from Sue Hestor that gives her brief assessment..

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:15:36 -0700
From: hestor at earthlink.net
To: fjosephbutler at hotmail.com

Alioto-Pier CEQA amendments at BOS Land Use Committee Monday, Sept. 27

Please spread the word that the *Alioto-Pier amendments to SF CEQA 
procedures will be heard INITIALLY at Land Use on Monday Sep 27 at 1pm 
at Land Use*.  They do NOT foresee sending it OUT from this hearing, but 
_it all depends on people actually showing up and raising issues_.  
PLEASE COME.   Importantly it includes *TIMING AND BRIEFING SCHEDULES 
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS TO BOS*.

Among the issues I know or is the current practice of handing/HIDING 
environmental exemptions (aka as Categorical Exemptions -- "Cat.Ex.").  
I personally have had the ENVIRONMENTAL FILES in TWO New Construction 
case - on difficult sites, sloping sites - not produced when neighbors 
ask for the project files.  I have sent an email to staff demanding that 
the practice of not automatically producing environmental files be 
HALTED.  (If you do not know who handles these files, Brett Bollinger is 
the custodian.  But Environmental Review is where records of 
NEGOTIATIONS ON A PROJECT OCCUR.)

Please spread the word to anyone who might should be paying attention to 
this.

Sue Hestor




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