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4.Q Land Use

Comprehensive Plan and Guide (RCPG), and more recently prepared the 2008 Regional
Comprehensive Plan (RCP) which has been accepted by SCAG for use as an advisory document
that may be voluntarily used by local jurisdictions for developing local plans and addressing
local issues of regional significance. These plans address issues related to future growth and to
provide a means for assessing the potential impact of projects within the context of the region.

SCAG also engages in the Compass Growth Visioning effort that addresses the regional
development pattern so as to accommodate future development and provide land patterns that
support improved mobility and reduced vehicle miles traveled and support the goals and polices
established in the RTP. As part of the visioning effort, the Compass Blueprint 2% Strategy
provides guidance for how and where SCAG can implement the Growth Vision for Southern
California’s future. It calls for modest changes to current land use and transportation trends on
only 2% of the land area of the region. Directing the changes to the selected 2% of the land
identified produces the greatest policy achievement for the least land affected.

SCAG reviews environmental impact reports of projects which are of statewide, regional,
or areawide significance to determine consistency with regional plans. The criteria for
determining whether a project is of “statewide, regional, or areawide significance” are set forth
in State CEQA Guidelines Section 15206. The proposed project meets these criteria as it
contains more than 500 dwelling units (Section 15206(b)(2)(A)). SCAG has provided a written
response to the Notice of Preparation for the project, in which it identifies policies to be
addressed in the Draft EIR. The policies cited in the letter are taken from the 1996 RCPG, RTP
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and the Growth Visioning Program. Since submitting their NOP letter response, SCAG prepared
the new Comprehensive Plan to be used as an advisory document, and SCAG no longer reviews
projects in regard to RCPG policies; only the RTP and Growth Visioning Program. Applicable
policies from these documents are cited in the analysis discussion below. (See Table 4.Q-1,
Project Consistency with Relevant SCAG Policies, on page 4.Q-18).

(b) SCAQMD—Air Quality Management Plan

The SCAQMD was established in 1977 pursuant to the Lewis-Presley Air Quality
Management Act. The SCAQMD is responsible for bringing air quality in the South Coast Air
Basin (SCAB) into conformity with Federal and State air pollution standards. The SCAQMD is
responsible for monitoring ambient air pollution levels throughout the SCAB and for developing
and implementing attainment strategies to ensure that future emissions will be within Federal and
State standards. The SCAQMD’s Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), adopted 2007,
presents strategies for achieving the air quality planning goals set forth in the Federal and

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“Comments on the Notice of Preparation for a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Skyline Ranch
Project—SCAG No. I 20040723,” November 23, 2004. Included in Appendix A of the Draft EIR.

County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning Skyline Ranch Project
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