Multiple residents and landowners at Fairfield’s hearing urged the planning commission to require hydrology, environmental and noise studies and to guard against 25‑year vesting or MDA language that could limit future local ordinances.

Attorney Christian Portangelo gave the commission a CEQA refresher covering the three-step review, common exemptions (statutory and categorical, Class 32 infill), recent bills (SB 131, SB 158/130 series), and tools such as the Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment for transit-priority projects.