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Debate Grows Over Whether CEQA Reform Threatens Environmental Law

Original: Existential Threat to CEQA or Just Building Stuff We Need Faster?

A debate is underway in California over whether recent efforts to speed up construction of housing and infrastructure amount to an existential threat to the California Environmental Quality Act, or simply a practical fix for cutting delays on projects the state needs. Supporters argue the law has become a tool for slowing necessary building, while critics warn weakening it would undermine core environmental protections.

Why now: Ongoing pushes to streamline or weaken CEQA in California have revived arguments over its future.

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