Category: CEQA

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Comments on Gilroy expansion SEIRs for Lucky Day, Gavilan, and Wren Investor proposals

The Committee for Green Foothills submitted comment letters below (click “Read More” to see the full letters) on proposed outward expansions of the City of Gilroy. There’s no reason to do this, and the environmental documentation is inadequate. The letters reference appendices that I haven’t attached due to length, but I can send them to...

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Winning the Los Gatos lawsuit!

Just a quick note – we learned today that Judge Nichols ruled in our favor on a lawsuit over Los Gatos’ decision approving a development that harms Los Gatos Creek. Great news! We’ll have more about it tomorrow. -Brian

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Excellent Metro article on The San Jose Process

This Metro article does a great job of discussing the systematic problem San Jose has in conducting environmental reviews: The thing is, the science of predicting environmental impacts that haven’t actually happened yet is highly interpretive. “A lot of areas in EIRs are fuzzy,” says Gary Binger, urban planning professor at the University of California...

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Brian Schmidt on KQED Perspectives program

Today the KQED Radio Perspectives program ran my perspective on “The San Jose Process.” The Perspective is a two-minute commentary piece, and in this piece I discuss the significant problem of San Jose giving control to developers over initial aspects of environmental review. The Perspectives are from individuals, not organizations, but I enthusiastically agree with...

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CGF News Release: The “San Jose Process” Resulted in Coyote Valley Debacle, Environmentalists Say

(The following is from a press release CGF sent out yesterday. -Brian) Committee for Green Foothills NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17, 2007 PRESS CONTACTS: Brian Schmidt, Legislative Advocate phone (650) 968-7243 * [email protected] The “San Jose Process” Resulted in CoyoteValley Debacle, Environmentalists Say SAN JOSE DIFFERS FROM MOST CITIES IN ALLOWING DEVELOPER-SELECTED AND...

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Developers behind Coyote Valley planning process refusing to cooperate with the planning process

(The Committee for Green Foothills submitted the following letter to the Coyote Valley Specific Plan Task Force regarding developers’ refusal to let the City’s experts evaluate the environmental consequences of developing their land. We have received no response from the City, although one smaller landowner said the information was wrong and that he did allow...

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