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California Attorney General Jerry Brown is getting into the land-planning business. The thrust has some local government officials questioning how much say they will have in the future in deciding how their municipalities will develop. Others argue the state’s top law-enforcement officer is clearly stepping outside his bounds.
With California’s passage of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, more and more planning and development notices filed with the state include language about climate change. From just two documents that addressed the issue in 2006, the figure grew to 586 in 2008. Through April 1 of this year, 201 documents discussed global warming as a significant environmental impact.