California Environmental Quality Act – Page 3

Sen. Wiener Wants to Ditch State Environmental Review for San Francisco Building Projects

February 17, 2024 8:34 amFebruary 17, 2024 8:34 am

A bill to exempt all San Francisco building projects within a certain area of the city from the California Environmental Quality Act for ten years was introduced in the Senate on Friday. CEQA is a law that requires significant environmental...

More Affordable-Housing Bonds?

February 8, 2024 2:14 pmFebruary 8, 2024 2:55 pm

On March 5 San Francisco voters will decide whether their city should issue $300 million in bonds to subsidize the construction of affordable housing. The matter is likely to be approved, given the voters’ track record on similar measures. In 2015 they authorized $310...

Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Against Placer County

November 30, 2023 5:36 pm

The Friends of West Shore, TahoeCleanAir.org, and North Tahoe Preservation Alliance have filed a lawsuit (see below) against Placer County, CA for failing to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in approving new amendments to its Tahoe Basin...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA?

June 30, 2023 2:30 amJuly 7, 2023 3:32 pm

The following was a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It is written in response to hearings conducted over the past three months...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part Three

June 21, 2023 3:00 amJune 21, 2023 3:01 am

This is the third and final installment in a series of reports on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It is written in response to hearings conducted...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part Two

June 16, 2023 10:00 amJune 19, 2023 7:00 am

This is the second of a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It is written in response to hearings conducted over the past...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part One

June 14, 2023 2:45 amJune 14, 2023 6:15 pm

Part One – How CEQA Has Made California Unaffordable The following is the first of a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It...