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CEQA reform could make or break California’s climate resilience | Opinion

The Modesto Bee 18 Dec 2025
“The next flood, fire or heatwave won’t wait for an Environmental Impact Report. California’s laws shouldn’t either.” ... .
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Southern California lawmaker gets involved in data center dispute

Sacramento Bee 04 Dec 2025
Planning department officials caused alarm when they gave an early project stage an exemption from the CEQA review process ....
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Regulatory Crosscurrents: PFAS, CEQA, and the Future of Environmental Enforcement (Frost Brown Todd LLC)

Public Technologies 21 Nov 2025
) Regulatory Crosscurrents. PFAS, CEQA, and the Future of Environmental Enforcement. Share Tweet Connect PDF. Nov 21, 2025. Categories.. PublicationsWebinar/Video. Authors.. Chris Kim Kahn Thierry R. Montoya ... Manufacturing Week 2025 ... Related capabilities.
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LCI Proposes $100K Application Fee for CEQA Judicial Streamlining (OPR - Office of Planning and Research)

Public Technologies 19 Nov 2025
). LCI has proposed a set of rulemakings to set a $100,000 fee for projects applying for judicial streamlining benefits under the California Environmental Quality Act ... Attachments Original document Permalink. Disclaimer ... (noodl. 127849207) .
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Editorial | The next steps on path to CEQA reform and meeting housing needs

Santa Cruz Sentinel 11 Nov 2025
The Sentinel Editorial Board has long advocated a comprehensive CEQA fix, because the 1970 law not only adds costs to most projects but allows any “stakeholder” to file a lawsuit to slow projects or gain costly concessions.
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Editorial: New law bodes poorly for CEQA reform agenda

Press Telegram 09 Nov 2025
That’s an admirable development given that CEQA is a prime culprit for the state’s housing-affordability crisis ... expand CEQA exemptions ... This Editorial Board has long advocated a comprehensive CEQA fix.
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California housing advocates throw San Francisco party. What did they celebrate?

The Tribune San Luis Obispo 03 Nov 2025
“This was the year that it feels like housing policy broke through,” one attendee said ... .
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Chamber’s CEQA measure strikes while iron is hot

LA Daily News 28 Oct 2025
Ronald Reagan, CEQA morphed into a bureaucratic nightmare that has restricted the construction of every type of project, from housing to parks to green energy facilities ... of bills that addressed CEQA.
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City has figured out how to get around Prop. D height limit, CEQA

San Diego Union-Tribune 27 Oct 2025
18) ... Careful application of these allows breaking the 30-foot limit, as well as a greatly increased unit count, and doesn’t require CEQA review ... how to end run the need for CEQA or voter approval.
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Notice of CEQA Posting: 650 E Santa Clara St Urban Residential Project RTC (Planning File No. SP24-015, T22-024, ER22-033) (City of San Jose, CA)

Public Technologies 25 Oct 2025
). Planning File Nos. SP24-015, T22-024, ER22-033. Project Description ... The new building would include one level of underground parking to provide 60 automobile parking spaces and 21 motorcycle parking spaces ... Location ... Assessor's Parcel Numbers ... When.
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Notice of CEQA Posting: Sky Harbour Hangar Expansion Project (Planning File No. SP24-021 & ER24-274) (City of San Jose, CA)

Public Technologies 25 Oct 2025
) Planning File Nos ... The existing hangar would be retained and undergo a hangar door relocation from the South to the East elevation ... In accordance with CEQA, this Addendum will be attached to the certified Norman Y ... Director's Hearing ... Disclaimer.
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State environmental law needs overhauling to protect Fresno’s growth | Opinion

Fresno Bee 24 Oct 2025
State law enacted in 1970 too often used to delay or stop new construction of needed housing, transportation projects ... .
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California’s first carbon storage project moves ahead as it faces CEQA lawsuit

The Tribune San Luis Obispo 18 Oct 2025
The Kern County carbon capture project marks California’s first commercial CO₂ storage site as legal challenges test its future ... .
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