It’s hard to figure out how many points you can get across in the very limited time for public comment at various agency meetings. In the case of Monday’s San Jose Task Force meeting to revise its General Plan, they gave us two minutes. I decided to make two points and get in a third...
Category: CEQA
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Comment letter on damaging stream environment at Dittos Lane in Los Gatos
(CGF submitted the following comment letter on proposed development that could harm Los Gatos Creek. The City of Los Gatos needs to have much better defined standards than the ones it used in its analysis. -Brian) February 4, 2011 Joe Paulson, Senior Planner Town of Los Gatos [email protected] Re: Comments on DEIR 10-001 for Dittos...
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For the record: info on cities that took control of environmental review away from developers
(Since there was some interest in this, I’m copying below a memo of which local cities in 2005 had taken control of environmental review away from developers – most of them. San Jose was and remains an outlier in retaining a biased system that it uses extensively. Many people don’t even know that this is...
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CGF Letter requestion adequate time to comment on massive proposal on the Coast
(CGF Legislative Advocate Lennie Roberts sent the letter below requesting adequate time to comment on the newly-released document for the Big Wave project on the Coast. -Brian) October 10, 2010 David Bomberger, Chair and Members of the Planning Commission 455 County Center, 2nd Floor Redwood City, CA 94063 Re: Request for Extension of Time to...
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CGF/Audubon appeal of the Brookside Estates development approval in San Jose
(CGF and Audubon filed a joint appeal below of a misguided project near Guadalupe Creek. -Brian) Joint Appeal by Santa ClaraValley Audubon Society and Committee for Green Foothills Supplement Appeal Information August 20, 2010 The Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society (SCVAS) and Committee for Green Foothills (CGF), together representing more than 2000 residents in the...
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Committee for Green Foothills’ comments on Stanford Medical Center DEIR
(We submitted the comments below on the draft environmental review of the Stanford Medical Center. The letter references a previous letter that CGF wrote in 2007, which can be found here. -Brian) July 27, 2010 Steven Turner Department of Planning and Community Environment Re: StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter Facilities Renewal and Replacement Draft Environmental Impact Report, SCH #2007082130...
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Committee for Green Foothills’ scoping letter on Stanford Medical Center from October 1, 2007
(The letter below is referenced in another letter that CGF sent yesterday, so I’m posting it here. -Brian) October 1, 2007 Steven Turner City of Palo Alto Re: Scoping comments for the StanfordMedicalCenter and Shopping Center Expansion EIR Dear Steven; The Committee for Green Foothills submits the following comments for scoping the EIR for the...
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Action Alert! Oppose proposed legislation that would create 125 unplanned loopholes in California’s environmental law!
(The Action Alert below was sent out to CGF members and supporters. We will also put it up on the Action Alert section of the CGF website, but I’m reproducing it here so people can see it early. -Brian) Dear Four identical bills in California‘s Assembly and Senate have the goal of exempting 125 public agency and private...
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Letter to California legislature opposing bills that would drive 125 holes through CEQA
(CGF is sending the following letter to members of the California Assembly and State Senate. -Brian) February 23, 2010 The Honorable Lou Correa The Honorable Dave Cogdill State Legislature State Legislature California State Capitol, Room 5052 CaliforniaState Capitol, Room 5097 Sacramento, CA95814 Sacramento, CA95814 The Honorable Charles Calderon The Honorable Brian Nestande State Legislature State...
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News Alert: Success in Gilroy and great progress in San Jose!
(CGF sent out the News Alert below about victories in Gilroy and San Jose. -Brian) We’ve had great news in Gilroy and San Jose that we want to share with supporters. All four sprawl proposals in Gilroy that we’ve been fighting have now been defeated or withdrawn! Since 2008, Committee for Green Foothills fought the...