Santa Barbara Architects and Planners: We Support Housing, But Not This

Newsom pushes major housing reform through California Legislature

Gov. Gavin Newsom tied the state budget to the passage of policy to lessen environmental review standards to speed up the construction of housing in California.

CEQA Bills in the Budget: What It Could Mean for Housing in Santa Barbara and Beyond

To pass the budget, state legislatures would have to approve a bill reducing the role of the California Environmental Quality Act in development.

Santa Barbara Architects and Planners: We Support Housing, But Not This

We are local architects, designers and planners who have spent much of our professional lives in Santa Barbara. We cherish Santa Barbara and support the creation of multifamily housing to meet our needs.  Unfortunately, the timing of approval of the City of Santa Barbara’s Housing Element allowed an out-of-town developer to submit two enormous housing projects under the California builder’s remedy law that are completely out of scale with their …

Urgent Action Alert: Newsom Holds Budget Hostage to CEQA 'Reform' Bill to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel

In the latest development in Governor Gavin Newsom’s campaign to build the Delta Tunnel, the governor on Friday night issued an ultimatum to legislators that he won’t sign the State Budget unless his California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Reform Bill is passed. “On Friday night, reporting from Cal Matters and KCRA revealed that he insists that his CEQA Reform Bill (which has not gone through normal public and transparent processes) must be …