Opinion: CEQA reform remains ever elusive
Newsom said what needed to be said about the California Environmental Quality Act“California cannot afford to be held hostage by NIMBYs who weaponize CEQA to block student and affordable housing,” he said on Feb. 25, vowing to work with the Legislature to see CEQA reform happen. But, according to recent reporting by the Sacramento Bee, such proposals have yet to emerge.
It is far too easy for lawsuits to be filed over real or imagined violations of environmental review processes, which can lead to long delays and escalating costs for developers. That’s not how the law is supposed to work. But that is how it works and it’s wrong. That’s why, many years ago, Gov. Jerry Brown called CEQA reform “the Lord’s work.” It’s why this editorial board has long and repeatedly called for CEQA reform for many years.
The ideas Sen. Wiener was reportedly planning to put before the Legislature this session are good ones.
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