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Members Urged to Act Now on Proposed CEQA Exemption Bill (Association of California Water Agencies)

Public Technologies 20 Aug 2025
Gavin Newsom's proposed Water Quality Control Plans - CEQA Exemption trailer bill, with the inclusion of an amendment that adds a two-year sunset ...
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Judge rules against environmentalists in lawsuit over Caltrans’ I-80 project

Sacramento Bee 19 Aug 2025
In the CEQA case order, the judge said that widening highways does not relieve congestion in the long run ....
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CEQA rollbacks could pave the way for high-density housing in Los Gatos

SiliconValley.com 12 Aug 2025
CEQA is a state law passed in 1970 that requires developers to assess the environmental impacts of their projects and take measures to mitigate any adverse effects ... remedy projects, from CEQA analysis.
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Do you have questions about the recent CEQA reform? We have answers (League of California Cities Inc)

Public Technologies 06 Aug 2025
Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as part of the 2025 budget package, AB 130 (Wicks) and SB 131 (Wiener) took effect immediately on June 30 ... Attachments Original document Permalink.
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CA Flap PLU 406(1) Quincy Junction Road Project - CEQA (Plumas County, CA)

Public Technologies 01 Aug 2025
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There’s more to housing bills this year than CEQA changes. Here’s what cities need to know (League of California Cities Inc)

Public Technologies 31 Jul 2025
) By Brady Guertin, legislative advocate (housing), and Arthur Goncalves, 2025 Ronald O ... Here are the biggest remaining bills - and a few wins - for city leaders. [...] ... Disclaimer ... (noodl. 125653155) .
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Guest Commentary | CEQA reforms will help Santa Cruz tackle the housing crisis

Santa Cruz Sentinel 29 Jul 2025
That’s why I want to thank our state leaders for passing long-overdue reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) — reforms that will help communities like ours build more of the housing we desperately need.
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How Democrats overcame special interests that long blocked CEQA reform

SiliconValley.com 25 Jul 2025
That law — the California Environmental Quality Act, known as CEQA — has been staunchly defended by labor and environmental groups, which have used it as a cudgel to extract higher wages and community benefits from developers.
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CEQA submitting to the abundance agenda will help the environment

LA Daily News 15 Jul 2025
Signed into law by then-Governor Ronald Reagan in 1970, CEQA quickly became a textbook example of the law of unintended consequences ... CEQA had become a hindrance to environmental protection and sustainability, not a help.
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Gov. Newsom’s backroom CEQA deal is not a good look for democracy | Opinion

Sacramento Bee 11 Jul 2025
“Bullying might work in politics, but it’s a terrible practice for democracy.” . Letters to the editor ....
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CEQA Relief for Housing in Budget Trailer Bills (California Chamber of Commerce)

Public Technologies 10 Jul 2025
The signed bills that streamline how the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) applies in specific circumstances are AB 130 (Committee on Budget) and SB 131 ...
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Did Gov. Gavin Newsom go too far with CEQA reform?

San Diego Union-Tribune 10 Jul 2025
Gavin Newsom go too far with CEQA reform? Economists ... CEQA is one of the main reasons California has the nation’s most unaffordable housing, with median prices more than double the rest of the U.S ... CEQA is broken and should be completely rethought.
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SF housing advocates cheer CEQA reform, but will new development follow?

San Francisco Examiner 09 Jul 2025
Even the most ardent reform boosters acknowledge that the market forces arrayed against homebuilding will likely continue to stymie growth in The City ....
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Marcel Rodarte: CEQA reform deserved transparency, not a backroom deal

LA Daily News 08 Jul 2025
we were not opposed to AB 130 in its entirety, nor did we oppose the notion of CEQA reform ... What we opposed, firmly was—the last-minute insertion of sweeping CEQA reform language drawn from Assembly Bill 609 (Wicks) into AB 130, a budget trailer bill.
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