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 Workshop Background
Since 1998, the PCL Foundation has offered introductory community workshops focusing on the fundamentals of CEQA. This workshop series focuses on presenting useful information about CEQA, and is especially intended to empower local residents and local environmental and social justice groups with the ability to affect decisions at the local level that will fundamentally determine the future of their community.
Who Should Attend
The PCL Foundation usually has between 50 and 75 participants at each workshop, depending on the community and its need. Participants include individuals, non-profits, agency staff, policymakers, environmental advocates and community leaders.
Arranging a Workshop
PCLF offers workshops as a benefit to the community. We charge a fee for service to cover staff time associated with the event because we do not have grant funding for this program. We also have a sliding scale fee for the workshop to cover the cost of the Community Guide to CEQA and the workshop packet. To learn how you can schedule a workshop in your community, please contact us:
Melanie Schlotterbeck
MSchlotterbeck@pcl.org
714-779-7561
Workshop Program
Each CEQA Workshop has the same general outline with specific local examples. For ease of instruction, the Workshop Agenda closely parallels the Community Guide to CEQA and contains information on the following items:
- Introduction
- CEQA’s Purpose, Power, and Process
- CEQA’s Process: An overview
- Definition of a project under CEQA
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- CEQA’s 3-step evaluation process
- Negative declaration / Mitigated negative declaration
- Climate Change and CEQA Overview
- Contents of an Environmental Impact Report
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- Public Review of an Environmental Impact
Report
- How to target comments on DEIR
- How to present comments on DEIR
- Final Environmental Impact Report
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- Certification, Project Decision, and Recirculation
- Legal challenge of an agency’s decision
- Conclusion/evaluations
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