LAND USE NEWS

October 2007

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Settlement in People v. San Bernardino Offers Fresh Blueprint to Assess and Mitigate Climate Change Impacts under CEQA
People v. County of San Bernardino

When San Bernardino County started the process to update its General Plan around 2002, it did not foresee AB 32—the California Global Warming Solutions Act. Fast forward to April 12, 2007, when San Bernardino County became the first the county in the state to be sued by the California Attorney General under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for an allegedly inadequate analysis of greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, and diesel engine exhaust emissions in San Bernardino County’s General Plan update Environmental Impact Report (EIR). A compromise was reached in the case on August 21, 2007, when San Bernardino County and the Attorney General signed a settlement agreement.