Supervisors direct review of options to streamline discretionary permits

Discretionary permits are subject to public review, and the San Diego County Board of Supervisors would like to streamline the permit process without eliminating the public’s right to comment.

A 5-0 Board of Supervisors vote July 24 directed the county’s chief administrative officer to return within 180 days with recommendations for implementing a self-certification process for engineers, implementing permit and California Environmental Quality Act evaluation requirements, increasing final engineering flexibility, increasing opportunities to expand checklist exemptions for certain permit proce...