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<br />1Public Resources Code sections 21002, 21002.1, and 21084,regarding the requirements for <br /> <br />2 conducting environmental review, and determining that a project is exempt from CEQA. <br /> <br />3 55. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />5 change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />7 56. The City improperly concluded that Ordinance No. NS-3061 was not a <br /> <br />8 under Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines. <br /> <br />9 57. CEQA has two primary goals. First, it is intended to allow decision makers, via the <br /> <br />10 EIR, and the public to understand the potential, <br /> <br />11 significant environmental effects of a project. Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 15002, subd. (a)(1); Citizens <br /> <br />12 of Goleta Valley v. Bd. of Supervisors, 52 Cal. 3d 553, 564 (1990) <br /> <br />13 the public and its responsible officials of the environmental consequences of their decisions before <br /> <br />14 \] purpose is to inform the public and its <br /> <br />15 responsible officials of the environmental consequences of their decisions before they are made. <br /> <br />16 -Citizens <br /> <br />17 of Goleta Valley, <br /> <br />18 whose purpose it is to alert the public and its responsible officials to environmental changes before <br /> <br />19 Berkeley Keep Jets Over the Bay v. Bd of Port <br /> <br />20 Comrs., 91 Cal. App. 4th 1344, 1354 (2001). <br /> <br />21 58. Second, CEQA requires that public entities avoid or reduce environmental impacts <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />23 measures. Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 15002, subds. (a)(2) and (3); Citizens of Goleta Valley, 52 Cal. <br /> <br />24 3d at 564. The EIR provides agencies and the public with information about the environmental <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />26 Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 15002, subd. (a)(2). <br /> <br />27 / / / <br /> <br />28 / / / <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> VERIFIED PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE <br />AND COMPLAINT <br />16 <br /> <br /> <br />