Editorial: New law bodes poorly for CEQA reform agenda

California lawmakers have been passing an impressive number of laws in recent years that attempt to streamline the California Environmental Quality Act process for approving new housing developments. That’s an admirable development given that CEQA is a prime culprit for the state’s housing-affordability crisis. The 1970 law not only adds costs to most projects, but allows any “stakeholder” to file a lawsuit to slow projects or gain costly concessions.
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