x sacramento   Set Clip Length:  at commissioner sugaya's
request, there is a compilation of appeals that have gone to the
board. it's not fully complete because we got the request a
couple days ago. either a period where there were some major
e-i-rs that went to the board on appeal or went to the board in
general for major land use plans, fully 60% of the appeals are
for exemptions. and exemptions, if you look at the tallies, you
know, there's many long periods of gaps when the environmental
document was prepared and when the appeal heard two years, year
and a half, year, whatever. and that in most cases is a
reflection of people waiting, they have exhausted all other
avenues, waiting until there is a last permit, maximizing the
delay, maximizing the cost, maximizing the uncertainty. that is
what this legislation tries to deal with. i'm sure there will be
other questions. thank you. >> thank you. is there any
additional staff presentation? okay. we're going to go ahead and
open up to public comment now. and