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DRAFT 2021 Recommended Positions on Bills Assembly Bill/ Summary Guiding Recommended City Position TVC League of Senate Bill Principle Position CA Cities Position SB 7 (Atkins) The California Environmental Quality Housing Support with Amendments. None Watch Environmental Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, Although the City typically takes quality: Jobs and as defined, to prepare, or cause to the approach of preparing a Economic be prepared, and certify the Master EIR or similar program- completion of an environmental Improvement level CEQA document, with Through impact report (EIR) on a project that streamlined review for subsequent the lead agency proposes to carry Environmentalout or approve that may have a project, the State should continue Leadership Act of significant effect on the environment to allow local jurisdictions the 2021 or to adopt a negative declaration if it flexibility to determine the finds that the project will not have appropriate level of CEQA review, that effect. CEQA also requires a even for projects for which state lead agency to prepare a mitigated funding has been received. negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA authorizes the preparation of a master EIR and authorizes the use of the master EIR to limit the environmental review of subsequent projects that are described in the master EIR, as specified. This bill would require a lead agency to prepare a master EIR for a general plan, plan amendment, plan element, or specific plan for housing projects where the state has provided funding for the preparation I ? RAFT of the master EIR. 4 February 5,202/