Welcome to OPR

The Office of Planning and Research (OPR), created by statute in 1970, is part of the Office of the Governor. OPR serves the Governor and his Cabinet as staff for long-range planning and research, and constitutes the comprehensive state planning agency.

Announcements

Infill Streamlining (SB 226)  01-25-2012
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research is pleased to solicit your input on proposed additions to the CEQA Guidelines developed pursuant to SB 226 (Simitian, 2011). The proposal sets forth a streamlined CEQA review process for infill projects and contains performance standards that will determine an infill project’s eligibility for streamlined review. Comments on the proposal are requested by February 24, 2012. Key documents in this update package are available here.

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California Jobs  01-04-2012
Governor Brown signed the “Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act” in September 2011. The Act required the Governor to establish procedures for applying for streamlined environmental review for certain projects. The Governor’s Office is pleased to release guidelines for submitting project applications. The guidelines can be found here.

The first application was submitted on January 12, 2012. The project application and Notice of Completion are available for review here.

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New CEQA and General Plan Requirements  12-11-2011
Recent changes in state law affect local government planning processes and CEQA compliance.

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