A new state bill clarifies an ambiguity in the California Environmental Quality Act exposed in a county superior court decision that required Marin to undertake an environmental review before purchasing the San Geronimo Golf Course.
The decision led the county to back out of the purchase, but A.B. 782—signed into law on Aug. 30—states that public agencies are exempt from conducting a CEQA review before they purchase a property, even if physical changes to the…