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In <3144760D.523F@slonet.org>, Craig Anderson <canderso@slonet.org> writes:
>To any CEQA experts out there:
>
>I'm in the process of fighting a proposed parking structure in our 
>downtown. Our General Plan has a policy which requires the preparation of 
>a study of alternatives before another parking structure can be built. 
>Downtown merchants and some City Council members want to amend the 
>General Plan to delete this policy and proceed with the construction of 
>the structure ASAP.
>
>Question: does amending the General Plan to remove this policy constitute 
>a "project" under CEQA? From every reference I've contacted so far, it 
>does. However our City staff determined that this GPA was "not a 
>project". 
>
>Is the City pullin' a fast one or am I grasping at straws?
>
>canderso@slonet.org

Maybe I'm missing something, but since CEQA itself requires an analysis of alternatives, how could they avoid this requirement of state law in further review of the project even if they did amend the general plan.
-- Roger