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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://calmatters.org/newsletter/ceqa-changes-2025-newsletter/   
      
   Last week Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a state budget deal with the caveat   
   that the Legislature would also advance trailer bills intended to speed up   
   housing development in California. The governor signed those measures   
   Monday (more on that later), signaling a major change in the state’s 54-   
   year-old environmental law.   
      
   The California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, requires government   
   agencies to review and disclose the environmental impact of any public   
   project, including new housing developments. The new changes to the   
   landmark law would affect the state in two key ways:   
      
   Urban housing: For years pro-development advocates and the building   
   industry argued that neighborhood groups and environmentalists wielded   
   CEQA to delay or halt new development. Now, a large portion of urban   
   “infill” housing developments — housing built in and around existing   
   development — will no longer be subject to the law. That means developers   
   won’t have to research or mitigate the ways new construction could impact   
   local traffic, pollution, noise levels and other environmental factors.   
      
   Though some housing experts say removing delays that would have previously   
   existed under CEQA is significant, it’s too soon to guarantee that   
   development in California will accelerate. Other factors, such as rising   
   labor costs, tariffs and permitting processes can also slow down   
   construction. Read more from CalMatters’ Ben Christopher.   
      
   High-tech facilities: Critics of the CEQA changes are also slamming   
   exemptions for high-tech manufacturing sites, which they say would make it   
   easier for companies to build industrial projects in low-income   
   communities already struggling with pollution. Democratic Sen. María Elena   
   Durazo of Los Angeles, for example, cited the extensive cleanup efforts of   
   lead-contaminated soil stemming from a battery recycling facility in   
   Vernon. But Sen. Scott Wiener, a proponent of the CEQA changes, said the   
   exemptions would help attract more companies, such as computer chip   
   makers. Said the San Francisco Democrat: “These are jobs of the future …   
   and I want them to be in California.” Read more from CalMatters’ Alejandro   
   Lazo and Rachel Becker.   
      
   CalMatters events: Join us on July 30 in San Francisco for a two-part   
   conversation on how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are   
   transforming work. We’ll explore the legal and ethical challenges, and the   
   need for policy solutions to safeguard workers’ rights. Register today to   
   join in person or online.   
      
      
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