Californians have a rare chance to rein in CEQA and support housing

CEQA Gauntlet

Lawmakers in Sacramento often pretend the housing crisis is a mystifying problem, but many admit, some openly and others only by their actions, that the California Environmental Quality Act stands in the way of development.

Curious who‘s to blame for California’s housing crisis? Just look at who wants to kill the cure.

A measure to reform the chief impediment to building homes in the state just qualified for the November ballot, and the same week, labor unions and environmental groups dumped millions into the effort to defeat it.

Lawmakers in Sacramento often pretend the housing crisis is a mystifying problem, but many admit, some openly and others only by their actions, that the California Environmental Quality Act stands in the way of development.

Read the entire op-ed here.

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