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TULARE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A suit has been filed against the City of Tulare pursuing the city's Zoning Ordinance Update, which California Attorney General Rob Bonta says could person superior wellness implications for communities successful the metropolis - including cancer.
The suit comes aft Tulare's City Council approved the update successful December 2024, "which allows acold retention and different facilities to beryllium permitted by-right successful some airy and dense concern zones."
Cold-storage facilities, officials say, could summation crab and different wellness risks for residents surviving astir 1 mile away.
Per officials, the metropolis did not behaviour an biology review, claiming that it is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Attorney General Rob Bonta argues, however, that the caller update does interruption the CEQA, fixed that the metropolis failed to relationship for the wellness hazard appraisal request successful its ain General Plan and the interaction of these facilities connected resident's health, arsenic good arsenic to mitigate each important biology impacts of the Update, required by law.
“As Attorney General, I person a work to enforce the state’s biology laws, and I am committed to lasting up for communities that excessively often are overlooked," said Bonta. “Matheny Tract residents merit biology protections that prioritize their wellness and well-being."
A transcript of the petition tin beryllium recovered here.
