Since the District directors made no determination as to any of the three steps of that procedure, we reverse the judgment. District operates a passenger bus line between San Francisco and northern Sonoma County. The increases, which have not yet been put into effect, would raise passenger fares by a minimum of 10 cents for a trip within San Francisco, to a maximum of 50 cents for a trip between San Francisco and northern Sonoma County. So far as shown by the record before us, the directors' action made no mention of any impact upon the environment. Defendants' demurrer was sustained without leave to amend.
Plaintiffs appeal from the ensuing judgment of dismissal.
It is undisputed that District is a 'local agency' within the meaning of this section. If the fare increase is a 'project' within the meaning of Section 21151, the question whether it has a significant impact upon he environment is not now before us, but must first be passed upon by District. Code, title 14, ch. But increase of rates is hardly included within 'continuing administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for supplies, personnel-related actions, emergency repairs to public service facilities'. And the exemption of 'general policy and procedure making' can hardly, in the context of the cited section, be extended to cover an increase in rates.