Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CEQA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CEQA</span></a> seeks to both (1) <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>inform</span></a> the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>public</span></a> and governmental <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/decisionmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>decisionmakers</span></a> about <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tradeoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tradeoffs</span></a> in approving a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/project" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>project</span></a> with environmental effects, and (2) prevent <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/significant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>significant</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/avoidable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>avoidable</span></a> damage to the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environment</span></a>. Vulnerable critters like the Temblor legless <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lizard" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lizard</span></a> depend on CEQA to require agencies to fully consider and (where <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/feasible" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>feasible</span></a>) <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mitigate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mitigate</span></a> harmful environmental impacts. </p><p><a href="https://legal-planet.org/2023/07/14/ucla-clinic-submits-amicus-brief-in-kern-oil-ordinance-case/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">legal-planet.org/2023/07/14/uc</span><span class="invisible">la-clinic-submits-amicus-brief-in-kern-oil-ordinance-case/</span></a></p>