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Real Estate/Development

Feb. 14, 2023

Lawmaker wants to make CEQA changes permanent

“SB 35 has been very successful…It has been absolutely transformational in terms of allowing people to build housing,” Sen. Scott Wiener said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has made changing the California Environmental Quality Act a signature issue of his second term. But state Sen. Scott Wiener said a law signed by the previous governor has made it harder to use California’s most famous environmental law to stop new housing — and that law can be the basis for a building wave, if his colleagues agree to make these changes permanent.

“SB 35 has been very successful. … It has been absolutely t...

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