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March 20, 2013 Honorable Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor's Office State Capitol Honorable Joan Buchanan Sacramento, CA 95814 16th Assembly District California State Assembly Honorable Mark DeSaulnier State Capitol, Room 2148 7th Senate District P.O. Box 942849 California State Senate Sacramento, CA 94249-0016 State Capitol, Room 5035 Sacramento, CA 95814-4900 Honorable Bill Quirk 20th Assembly District Honorable Ellen Corbett California State Assembly 10th Senate District State Capitol California State Senate P.O. Box 942849 State Capitol, Room 313 Sacramento, CA 94249-0020 Sacramento, CA 95814-4900 Re: Support for Reform of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Dear Honorable State Representatives: As Mayor of the City of Pleasanton, I urge you to adopt legislation that would modernize the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Such legislation should include the following elements: • A recognition that effective regulations exist for many potential environmental impacts and that CEQA should focus on areas not otherwise regulated by state or federal standards. • Reforms that eliminate the need for multiple duplicative CEQA review for projects that already comply with approved plans for which an EIR has been completed, while still retaining local government authority to reject proposals, apply conditions of approval, or impose additional mitigation measures, consistent with their full authority under law other than CEQA. • Eliminate the ability to challenge adopted environmental standards, or lawsuits filed by any party for any purpose to challenge any or all environmental attributes of a project.