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		<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Members Wicks, Alvarez, Carrillo, Flora, Quirk-Silva, and Wilson</ns0:AuthorText>
		<ns0:AuthorText authorType="PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR_OPPOSITE">(Principal coauthor: Senator Wiener)</ns0:AuthorText>
		<ns0:AuthorText authorType="COAUTHOR_ORIGINATING">(Coauthors: Assembly Members Ávila Farías, Harabedian, Hoover, Lee, and Wallis)</ns0:AuthorText>
		<ns0:AuthorText authorType="COAUTHOR_OPPOSITE">(Coauthor: Senator Arreguín)</ns0:AuthorText>
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				<ns0:Contribution>LEAD_AUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
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				<ns0:Name>Alvarez</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Name>Carrillo</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Contribution>LEAD_AUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
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				<ns0:Name>Flora</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Contribution>LEAD_AUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
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				<ns0:Name>Wilson</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Name>Ávila Farías</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
				<ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
				<ns0:Name>Harabedian</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
				<ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
				<ns0:Name>Hoover</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
				<ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
				<ns0:Name>Lee</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
				<ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
				<ns0:Name>Wallis</ns0:Name>
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		<ns0:Title>An act to add Section 21080.66 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality.</ns0:Title>
		<ns0:RelatingClause>environmental quality</ns0:RelatingClause>
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			<ns0:Subject>California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.</ns0:Subject>
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			<html:p>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 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. CEQA exempts from its requirements various projects, including, but not limited to, housing projects that meet certain requirements.</html:p>
			<html:p>This bill
			 would exempt from the requirements of CEQA a housing development project, as defined, that meets certain conditions relating to, for example, size, density, and location, including specific requirements for any housing on the project site located within 500 feet of a freeway. The bill would require a local government, as a condition of approval for the development, to require the development proponent to complete a specified environmental
			 assessment regarding hazardous substance releases. If a recognized environmental condition is found, the bill would require the development proponent to complete a preliminary endangerment assessment and specified mitigation based on that assessment. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a housing development project qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</html:p>
			<html:p>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.</html:p>
			<html:p>This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</html:p>
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		<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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			<ns0:Num>SECTION 1.</ns0:Num>
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				Section 21080.66 is added to the 
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				, to read:
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								(a)
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								Without limiting any other statutory or categorical exemption, this division does not apply to a housing development project, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 65905.5 of the Government Code, that meets the following conditions:
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								(1)
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								The project site is not more than 20 acres.
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								(2)
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								The project site meets either of the following criteria:
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								(A)
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								Is located within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality.
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								(B)
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								Is located within an urban area, as defined by the United States
						Census Bureau.
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								(3)
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								The project site meets either of the following criteria:
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								(A)
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								Has been previously developed with an urban use.
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								(B)
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								At least 75 percent of the perimeter of the site adjoins parcels that are developed with urban uses. For purposes of this section, parcels that are only separated by a street, pedestrian path, or bicycle path shall be considered to be adjoined.
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								(4)
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								(A)
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								The project is consistent with the applicable general plan and zoning ordinance, as well as any applicable local coastal program as defined in Section 30108.6. For purposes of this section, a housing development project shall be deemed consistent with the applicable
						general plan and zoning
						ordinance, and any applicable local coastal program, if there is substantial evidence that would allow a reasonable person to conclude that the housing development project is consistent.
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								(B)
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								If the zoning and general plan are not consistent with one another, a project shall be deemed consistent with both if the project is consistent with one.
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								(5)
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								The project will be at least one-half of the applicable density specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583.2 of the Government Code.
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								(6)
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								The project satisfies the requirements specified in paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 65913.4 of the Government Code.
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								(7)
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								For a site not developed with urban uses, the project site does not contain tribal cultural resources, found pursuant to a consultation described in Section 21080.3.1, that could be affected by the development and the effects cannot be mitigated pursuant to the process described in Section 21080.3.2.
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								(8)
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								The project does not require the demolition of a historic structure that was placed on a national, state, or local historic register.
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								(b)
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								(1)
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								(A)
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								The local government shall, as a condition of approval for the development, require the development proponent to complete
						a phase I environmental assessment, as defined in Section 78090 of the Health and Safety Code.
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								(B)
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								If a recognized environmental condition is found, the development proponent shall complete a preliminary endangerment assessment, as defined in Section 78095 of the Health and Safety Code, prepared by an environmental assessor to determine the existence of any release of a hazardous substance on the site and to determine the potential for exposure of future occupants to significant
						health hazards from any nearby property or activity.
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								(C)
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								If a release of a hazardous substance is found to exist on the site, the release shall be removed or any effects of the release shall be mitigated to levels required by current federal and state statutory and regulatory standards before the local government issues a certificate of occupancy.
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								(D)
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								If a potential for exposure to significant hazards from surrounding properties or activities is found to exist, the effects of the potential exposure shall be mitigated to levels required by current federal and state statutory and regulatory standards before the local government issues a certificate of occupancy.
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								(2)
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								For any housing on the site located within 500 feet of a freeway, all of the following shall apply:
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								(A)
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								The building shall have a centralized heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system.
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								(B)
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								The outdoor air intakes for the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system shall face away from the freeway.
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								(C)
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								The building shall provide air filtration media for outside and return air that provides a minimum efficiency reporting value of 16.
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								(D)
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								The air filtration media shall be replaced at the manufacturer’s designated interval.
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								(E)
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								The building shall not have any balconies facing the freeway.
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								(c)
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								A housing development proposed pursuant to this section shall be eligible for a density bonus, incentives or concessions, waivers or reductions of development standards, and parking ratios pursuant to Section 65915 of the Government Code.
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								(d)
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								For purposes of this section, “urban use” means any current or previous residential or commercial development, public institution, or public park that is surrounded by other urban uses, parking lot or structure, transit or transportation passenger facility, or retail use, or any combination of those
						uses.
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					No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII
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					B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
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