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How Prop 45 Could Reshape California’s Fight over Data Centers
Business groups claim the measure accelerates infrastructure development, with a recent Thinks Insight & Strategy survey showing a two-to-one margin of voter opposition to weakened environmental regulations.
- California voters will decide the fate of Proposition 45 this November, a ballot measure backed by the California Chamber that would weaken the state's bedrock environmental protection law, the California Environmental Quality Act.
- Corporate backers have contributed over $10 million to the campaign, including $3.05 million from a utility giant and $500,000 from warehouse and data center developer Prologis, who argue the measure accelerates critical infrastructure projects.
- Senate Bill 887, which recently made it harder to fast-track data center environmental reviews, could be overridden by Proposition 45's language, potentially allowing developers to bypass local scrutiny, opponents warn.
- The Data Center Coalition insists its facilities fall outside the measure's scope, though legal scholar Julia Stein warns the proposition acts as a "blunt force instrument" that could invite litigation.
- Nina Robertson, deputy managing attorney at Earthjustice, stated the ballot text's ambiguity would trigger immediate legal battles over local permitting authority as voters weigh environmental protections against infrastructure growth.
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How Prop. 45 could reshape California’s fight over data centers
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Total News Sources12
Leaning Left7Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution70% Left
Bias Distribution
- 70% of the sources lean Left
70% Left
L 70%
C 30%
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