Brief CEQA Update - Hearings Today & June 10 Hi all, It looks like we are getting a breather from the intense CEQA schedule that we have been under and can plan for our next strategy meeting to be in the first week of June. Our legislative drafting team has been in intense negotiations with Supervisor Chiu for the last two weeks and Chiu has decided to continue the CEQA item in today's Land Use hearing until Monday, June 10 when we are hoping to have a final and acceptable compromise CEQA procedures measure ready for a vote of the Board of Supervisors. I'll send an email soon proposing a June 3 meeting (either at the Main Library or City Hall at around 12 noon) so that we can regroup and prepare for the hearing the following week. (NOTE: We should also begin discussing the looming and very serious threat to CEQA posed by the 'One Bay Area Plan' development rules juggernaut. See http://onebayarea.org/regional-initiatives/plan-bay-area.html ) Today's Hearing With that said, it wouldn't hurt for a few of us to attend today's hearing to make sure everything goes according to plan, and to reiterate a core message that if the San Francisco CEQA appeal trigger is going to be pushed to an earlier time in the process, we need -other- rules to be assured that enable the community sufficient CEQA protections; such as a longer appeal window, the strongest possible noticing, and a -very- strong definition for project modifications which would mandate CEQA review with the rock solid ability to appeal the Planning Department's decisions on such project modification assessments. The hearing starts today at 1:30pm in SF City Hall Room 263 and the CEQA items are numbers 5, 6, and 7, so showing up by about 2pm is likely soon enough if you want to be there to comment. I'll send a more detailed report-back soon with next meeting and hearing details. in solidarity, Eric Brooks Campaign Coordinator, Our City 415-756-8844