CEQA

CEQA Basics Workshop: Understanding what it is and how it works (0.6 CEUs)

This course is designed to be an introduction to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) with a focus on its purpose and implementation. An emphasis will be placed on practical use and application to give students an understanding of the law and how to appropriately move through the CEQA process. This course is intended to help professionals understand the implications of CEQA and the effects it can have on their organization, plan or project.

Specific topics will include:

An overview of CEQA's legislative history
An overview of agencies and agency responsibility
An overview of CEQA's current requirements
How to evaluate a project and determine which level of review and analysis is necessary:

Is CEQA necessary for my project? How do I qualify for an exemption?
When should I prepare a negative declaration or mitigated negative declaration?
How do I know when an EIR is required?
What should the documents contain? What level of review and science is needed?
Understanding the thresholds of significance for environmental impacts
Understanding the process of scoping sessions, public review, and comment
How to respond to comments in an EIR and develop a final document
How to develop appropriate avoidance, minimization, and mitigation strategies, and reporting requirements
Agency decision-making under CEQA
Common mistakes in CEQA and areas of litigation
Judicial review process under CEQA

Fee:

Regular Rate $ 188

ELA Alumni & Participants Rate: $ 125

College Student Rate: $ 50

Date: April 19

Time: 8:30 am – 4 pm

Location: Temecula Valley Entrepreneurs’ Exchange (TVE²) (Old City Hall)
43200 Business Park Drive, Temecula, CA 92590

Instructor: Matt Rahn, PhD, JD, Principal Scientist, Rahn Environmental
Consulting, Executive Director, Wildfire Research and Academic
Director of Environmental Sciences, SDSU

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Advanced CEQA Workshop: Going Beyond the Basics

The Advanced CEQA Workshop is designed for CEQA practitioners, including agency employees, consultants, state/local government, and non-governmental organizations. The purpose of this intensive one-day course is to help bring you up to date on the latest trends in CEQA, revisions and updates to the process, and latest guidance from our legislature, agencies, and courts. This year’s CEQA course will cover principal legislative changes, new case law and court decisions, and advanced industry standards of practice, all provided by experts in CEQA law and environmental analysis/review. This course will also address the new guidelines for “Infill Streamlining” adopted earlier this year by the California Natural Resources Agency.