On January 11, 2023, the California Attorney General requested the dismissal of its appeal of  a California Superior Court decision in a case challenging the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review and approval for a mixed-use development project in southeast Lake County that as originally proposed would have added 4,000 residents to an area with a population of 10,000. The Superior Court ordered the County to conduct additional studies of the project’s impacts on community evacuation routes during wildfires but upheld other aspects of the CEQA review. The Attorney General requested dismissal of its appeal after reaching a settlement with the project’s developer. The settlement specifies modifications and measures that the developer must incorporate into any future request for approval of the project, including measures to reduce wildfire risk and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The emission reduction measures include requirements for photovoltaic systems, battery energy storage systems, and heat pumps in residential buildings; a prohibition on the use and extension of natural gas infrastructure in the project site; requirements for sufficient on-site renewable energy generation to produce electricity to supply energy for non-residential structures; electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and purchase of greenhouse gas offset credits for 30 years to offset the project’s actual emissions in each year.

Challenge to environmental review for the Guenoc Valley Mixed Use Planned Development Project.

People v. County of Lake

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California Attorney General Dropped Challenge to Lake County Project After Developer Agreed to Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures and Steps to Address Wildfire Risk

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California Attorney General Dropped Challenge to Lake County Project After Developer Agreed to Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures and Steps to Address Wildfire Risk

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