Real Estate and Construction Law Blog

By Lori Wider

The California Office of Planning and Research (OPR) recently issued a Technical Advisory, providing assistance to CEQA practitioners, land use officials, planners and others on the treatment of climate change in CEQA documents.  OPR is in the process of preparing formal amendments to the State CEQA Guidelines for adoption by the California Resources Agency on or before January, 2010.  These amendments will provide the regulatory guidance for the  analysis of GHG (greenhouse gas emissions) and corresponding mitigation in CEQA documents.  Pending adoption of these amendments, OPR has produced, in cooperation with the Resources Agency, Cal EPA and the California Air Resources Board (ARB), the Technical Advisory to assist lead agencies in addressing climate change in CEQA documents.