“Some years back, Soitec Solar arrived in San Diego with the promise of good jobs and the ability to deploy industry-leading solar technology at prospective local solar sites.
Yet, these local solar projects – centered in the San Diego County community of Boulevard – were tied up with the county for roughly three years, just receiving approval from the Board of Supervisors this February. Untangling the causes for this outcome after the fact is difficult, but one major issue was the desire to avoid or appease the local planning group’s absolutist opposition. The result was an unnecessarily belabored process under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). “
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