The article discusses California's housing crisis, highlighting the challenges posed by bureaucratic processes that delay construction. Assemblymember Buffy Wicks emphasizes the need for a more efficient system to meet housing demands through the Fast Track Housing package, which aims for clearer rules and faster timelines. This bipartisan initiative includes significant reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), exempting environmentally friendly projects from lengthy approvals. State Sen. Scott Wiener proposes further easing zoning restrictions to facilitate housing near transit centers, addressing the state's severe affordability crisis and promoting progress in housing construction.
Right now, it takes far too long to build the housing Californians need and that's a failure of government... it's about being honest that what we're doing isn't working.
The total bill package reflects a broad, bipartisan commitment to saying yes to housing, yes to progress, and yes to a government that helps solve problems instead of creating them.
Wicks' bill introduces significant reforms to [CEQA], aiming to exempt environmentally friendly housing projects from lengthy reviews... supported by many environmental and housing advocates.
To address our housing shortage and bring costs down, we must right the ship by making our overgrown permitting processes usable again.
#california-housing-crisis #ceqa-reforms #fast-track-housing #bipartisan-efforts #affordable-housing
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