| JAMULIANS AGAINST THE CASINO |
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| California Environmental Quality Act | |
| CEQA does not directly regulate land uses, but instead requires development projects submit documentation of their potential environmental impact | |
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Overview The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was devised to ensure that environmental impacts are taken into account for any projects undertaken in the State of California. CEQA requires that any project Relationship to proposed casino CEQA specifically states "that projects to be carried out by public agencies be subject to the same level of review and consideration under this division as that of private projects required to be approved by public agencies." This passage infers that any any involvement by a public agency (e.g., CalTrans, Otay Water District) would require that they are held to provide an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prior to beginning construction. Organization
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