Special District
Special Districts Have Special
Environmental and Planning Needs
We understand the focused missions of special districts and authorities, like water, regional park and open space, school, fire, and waste management districts. Their environmental, resources management, or climate action planning needs must help them pursue their missions while achieving regulatory compliance and planning objectives. Ascent has the specialized experience to effectively and efficiently partner with these districts.
SPECIAL DISTRICT PROJECT TYPES
- Air quality guidance
- Campus plans and master plans
- CEQA compliance
- Climate action and implementation
- Park, trails, and open space management
- Port planning
- Renewable energy and transmission
- Solid waste
- Wastewater facilities
- Water supply
- Wildfire resilience and risk reduction
OUR SPECIAL DISTRICT SERVICES
- CEQA Compliance
- Park, Trails, and Open Space Management
- Renewable energy and transmission
- Wastewater Facilities
- Water Supply
- Wildfire Resilience and Risk Reduction
SELECT SPECIAL DISTRICT CLIENTS
- Bay Area Air Quality Management District
- East Bay Regional Park District
- Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District
- North Yuba Water District
- Merced County Regional Waste Managment Authority
- Metropolitan Water District
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
- Port of Los Angeles
- Port of Long Beach
- Reclamation District 2062
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District
- Sacramento Water Forum
- Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
- Santa Clara Valley Water District
- South Bay Waste Management Authority
- South Tahoe Public Utility District
- Tahoe City Public Utility District
- Tahoe Regional Conservation District
- Unified Port District of San Diego
- Yuba Water Agency
SPECIAL DISTRICT KNOWLEDGE
The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection announces the release of new tools for efficient California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) implementation and Project-Specific Analysis (PSA) preparation.
On April 20, 2023, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) published updated California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidance to assist lead agencies in evaluating air quality and climate impacts from proposed land use projects and plans (referred to as the 2022 CEQA Guidelines).
On October 11, the California Attorney General (AG) released guidance for complying with CEQA when analyzing and mitigating a proposed development project’s impacts on wildfire risk, emergency access, and evacuation.
