The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated 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 establishes a procedure by which a person may seek judicial review of the decision of the lead agency made pursuant to CEQA and a procedure for the preparation and certification of the record of proceedings upon the filing of an action or proceeding challenging a lead agency's action on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA.
This bill would require the lead agency, in certifying the environmental impact report and in granting approvals for a transit and transportation facilities project, which is defined as a multimodal regional transportation facility, including a central mobility hub, to serve as a connection to link regional transit to the San Diego International Airport, to comply with specified procedures. The bill would require the lead agency to concurrently prepare the record of proceedings for the project.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of San Diego.

Statutes affected:
AB2731: 21159.21 PRC
02/20/20 - Introduced: 21159.21 PRC
05/04/20 - Amended Assembly: 21159.21 PRC
AB 2731: 21159.21 PRC