Real Estate/Development,
Land Use,
Government
Feb. 6, 2023
Newsom wants to change CEQA to fast-track housing
Newsom has signed some 20 laws changing aspects of CEQA during his time in office. Many of these exempt certain kinds of projects — such as low-income, student or transit oriented housing — from being held up by the CEQA process.
California governors have spoken for decades about pushing for major changes to the California Environmental Quality Act — but usually not like Gov. Gavin Newsom did last week.
“It’s perverse,” he told KQED-FM radio in a report aired Friday. “The abuses are legendary. It’s just absurd.”
“There have been previous governors who were pretty skeptical of how CEQA was working in practice, most notably Jerry Brown, but...
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