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Letter to the Editor

Apr. 25, 2013

Reverse CEQA analysis is no solution

It is true that there is uncertainty regarding the appropriate scope of CEQA analysis. Engaging in reverse analysis and shifting mitigation obligations from the cause to the recipient is not the solution. By Stephanie Shakofsky

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

In his April 16 column, "Proposed CEQA bills would clarify law, protect public health," Erin Chalmers supports legislation to expand the scope of CEQA analysis to include the impact of the environment on the project, as opposed to the project's impacts on the environment. In contending that the risk of attracting new people to existing environmental hazards is a proper CEQA concern, Chalmers ignores the considerable number of l...

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