As Two Big Ventura Projects Make Their Way Up, The City Council Will Get A CEQA Primer

Ventura policymakers on Monday will get a primer on a law that requires local agencies to consider a project’s environmental impact.  The California Environmental Quality Act — or CEQA, as it’s commonly called — was enacted in 1970. It mandates that a project not be approved if there are ways to lessen the environment effects of a development.  Currently, the city has two significant environmental impact reports, which CEQA requires, making their way through the development process. One is for a plan to build a 7-mile pipeline to tap into Ventura’s long-held investment in state water. The water would wheel through the Calleguas Municipal Water District, which gets water via the Metropolitan Water District in Los Angeles.