Environmental Justice Element
Summary
SCH Number
2024080667
Public Agency
Alameda County
Document Title
Environmental Justice Element
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/16/2024
Document Description
Amend Alameda County General Plan to Adopt Environmental Justice Element pursuant to SB 1000; Project beneficiaries: "disadvantaged" communities in unincorporated Alameda County: Ashland (CDP), Cherryland (CDP), Hayward Acres (all), Castro Valley (Census tracts 4304, 4309, 4310, 4311, 4312) and San Lorenzo (census tract 4358)
Contact Information
Name
Alison Abbors
Agency Name
Alameda County Community Development Agency Planning Department
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated Eden Area and Castro Valley
Counties
Alameda
Regions
Unincorporated
Zip
94578
Total Acres
Communitywide
Parcel #
n/a, communitywide
State Highways
880, 580, 238
Railways
Union Pacific
Airports
Hayward Executive Airport
Schools
multiple
Waterways
San Lorenzo Creek, San Francisco Bay
Township
T03S
Range
2W
Other Location Info
Exact coordinates and ZIP Code do not apply as this is a communitywide plan covers the entirety of the unincorporated Eden Area (Ashland, Cherryland, Hayward Acres, San Lorenzo) and five census tracts in the southern and western parts of Castro Valley
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15060(c)(2); 15061(b)(3); 15308
Reasons for Exemption
The EJ Element is a community-wide plan focused on improving environmental conditions in the Priority Communities. It outlines a high-level vision for community health and wellness; it does not propose site-specific development activities. Any site-specific activities implemented in the future would require their own environmental analyses.
As such, the project would not “result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment” (CEQA Guidelines section 15060(c)(2)). It is also exempt from environmental review pursuant to the “common sense exemption” “[w]here it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment” (CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3)), and exempt under the Class 8 (Section 15308) exemption for actions taken by regulatory agencies to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment.
County Clerk
Alameda
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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