The California Environmental Quality Act, also known as CEQA, is a law that requires development projects in the state to review their environmental impact and develop ways to mitigate negative effects on natural resources.
The documents created under CEQA are available to the public for comment and review. While you are preparing for the California Supplemental Exam for landscape architects, you may want to review a few recent CEQA reports to see what a finished report looks like and to familiarize yourself with the process.
Fortunately, the state of California has a free web-based resource that lets landscape architects review public documents and review comments from the public.
CEQAnet Database
CEQAnet is the online searchable environmental database of the State Clearinghouse within the Office of Planning & Research.
CEQAnet contains key information from all California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents submitted to the State Clearinghouse for state review since 1990. In addition, some federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents are submitted to the Clearinghouse for state review; key information from these NEPA documents is also contained in this database.
The CEQAnet database provides summaries of Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), Negative Declarations, Environmental Impact Statements, and other types of CEQA and NEPA documents. The summaries include the project title, project location, lead agency name, contact information, and project description.
Unfortunately, CEQAnet does not provide the full text of any environmental documents yet.
Check out CEQAnet here.
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John is a landscape architect who is currently preparing to take the California Supplemental Exam to become licensed in California. He is currently a licensed professional landscape architect in Georgia and Florida. John graduated from California State University, Pomona with a BSLA degree in landscape architecture in 1997 and has extensive practice experience in residential and commercial landscape design.