California Environmental Quality Act – Page 3

California Insurance Crisis: Homeowners Getting Insured Right Out of Their Homes

September 17, 2024 7:11 amSeptember 17, 2024 3:55 pm

In the late 1970’s Californians were being taxed out of their homes. Grandmas could not pay the escalating property tax bills on long-held family homes, and defaulted or were forced to sell. Thus, Proposition 13 was passed by voters and...

Golden State Insurance Crisis: Californians Getting Insured Right Out of Their Homes

July 18, 2024 2:55 amJuly 18, 2024 6:56 pm

California is in the throes of a self-imposed insurance crisis. And the state doesn’t seem to be addressing this crisis with any sense of urgency. The Globe recently spoke with a couple who shared that the condominium complex in which...

Ringside: Only Unity Can Challenge Environmentalism, Inc.

May 16, 2024 7:19 amMay 16, 2024 7:19 am

The California Environmental Quality Act was passed by the state legislature in 1971. At that time, it was the first legislation of its kind in the nation, if not the world. Its original intent was to “inform government decision makers and...

Legislation to Fast-Track Land Rezoning Supposed to Increase Affordable Housing Availability

April 24, 2024 2:45 amApril 24, 2024 2:46 am

Senate Bill 4, known as the Affordable Housing on Faith Lands Act, was billed by its backers as a tool to increase affordable housing availability in California by fast-tracking developers’ ability to rezone land owned by faith-based organizations or nonprofit...

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...