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Environmental & Energy

Jul. 2, 2025

Attorneys split on impact of Newsom's CEQA overhaul

AB 130 reshapes how California's environmental review law applies to housing projects--but attorneys say it's far from the end of CEQA challenges.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's signing of AB 130 sparked debate among land use attorneys over whether it streamlines California's environmental review process or merely tweaks it. While the law creates broad new exemptions for midrise infill housing projects, attorneys say CEQA remains very much alive -- and still ripe for litigation.

"This bill will result in new housing development moving forward," Benjamin M. Reznik, a partner with Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell L...

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