CEQA submitting to the abundance agenda will help the environment

Two housing bills could save California’s chance for climate action

Recent headlines about CEQA reform often characterized housing affordability and environmental protection as diametrically opposed values. This framing may grab attention, but it’s outdated: promoting housing on urban infill sites will have a net environmental benefit. We can use the help. Not only is the Trump administration openly hostile to the State’s environmental policy priorities, but California is falling far short of its carbon emission…

CEQA submitting to the abundance agenda will help the environment

YIMBYs and their allies nationwide celebrated on June 30th the collapse of a third rail in California politics. Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a budget package which, among its other elements, included legislation which would exempt certain types of housing and infrastructure projects from environmental impact reports (EIRs) or appeals on the basis of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Signed into law by then-Governor Ronald…