333International and Individual State Environmental Impact Analysis
impacts on open space and other environmental resources could have been
devastating.
8.6.2.1 CEQA Process
Compliance with CEQA is the responsibility of each California agency or other
government entity. Similar to NEPA (but different from MEPA, Massachusetts
equivalent) there is no command and control agency policing compliance with
the regulations and guidance. Thus litigation and the court of public opin-
ion are the only checks on agency compliance. However, somewhat similar to
NEPA’s Council on Environmental Quality, the California Ofce of Planning
and Research develops, reviews, and periodically revises the general guidance
for CEQA compliance. Each government agency ...