Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 15003 Policies
Library | California Code of Regulations |
Edition | 2023 |
Currency | Current through Register 2023 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 29, 2023 |
Citation | Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 15003 |
Year | 2023 |
In addition to the policies declared by the Legislature concerning environmental protection and administration of CEQA in Sections , 21000, 21001, and 21002 of the Public Resources Code, the courts of this state have declared the following policies to be implicit in CEQA: 21002.1
(a) The EIR requirement is the heart of CEQA. (
(b) The EIR serves not only to protect the environment but also to demonstrate to the public that it is being protected. (
(c) The EIR is to inform other governmental agencies and the public generally of the environmental impact of a proposed project. (
(d) The EIR is to demonstrate to an apprehensive citizenry that the agency has, in fact, analyzed and considered the ecological implications of its action. (
(e) The EIR process will enable the public to determine the environmental and economic values of their elected and appointed officials thus allowing for appropriate action come election day should a majority of the voters disagree. (
(f) CEQA was intended to be interpreted in such a manner as to afford the fullest possible protection to the environment within the reasonable scope of the statutory language. (
(g) The purpose of CEQA is not to generate paper, but to compel government at all levels to make decisions with environmental consequences in mind. (
(h) The lead agency must consider the whole of an action, not simply its constituent parts, when determining whether it will have a significant environmental effect. (
(i) CEQA does not require technical perfection in an EIR, but rather adequacy, completeness, and a good-faith effort at full disclosure. A court does not pass upon the correctness of an EIR's environmental conclusions, but only...
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