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CEQA
Proposed California Ballot Initiative Seeks to Restrict Environmental Lawsuits on New Homes
A proposed California ballot initiative seeks to cut down on environmental lawsuits—often filed against new housing projects—to boost homeownership.
September 19, 2023
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Jill McLaughlin
California Lawmakers Deny Newsom’s Proposals to Reform Environmental Laws to Speed up Big Projects
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent attempt to bypass environmental rules to speed up construction for certain projects was ...
June 2, 2023
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Travis Gillmore
Politicization Will Hamper California Infrastructure Improvements
Commentary Even in wealthy areas, California’s infrastructure clearly is falling apart. You can feel it in your bones ...
May 24, 2023
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John Seiler
Reforming the California Environmental Quality Act
Commentary Environmentalism became a national priority in the 1970s, and not a moment too soon. In California, for ...
December 15, 2022
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Edward Ring
California’s Environmental Laws Make It Harder to Build Homes, Litigator Says
California is in a housing crisis and its environmental laws may be partially to blame, a litigator with ...
December 4, 2022
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Jamie Joseph
Bill Would Preclude California Universities and College Housing Construction from CEQA
While the ruling to freeze enrollment at the University of California–Berkeley is under appeal, a bill was introduced ...
February 23, 2022
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Alice Sun
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