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Debate Over California Environmental Law Reform Intensifies
Original: Existential Threat to CEQA or Just Building Stuff We Need Faster?
A debate is under way in California over the future of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the state's foundational environmental review law. Critics of recent reform efforts argue changes pose an existential threat to environmental protections, while supporters contend the law simply needs updating so housing, transit and clean energy projects can be built faster without years of litigation delays.
Why now: Ongoing arguments over housing shortages and streamlining environmental review have made CEQA reform a live political issue in California.
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- Existential Threat to CEQA or Just Building Stuff We Need Faster? · Voice of San Diego
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