#housing-production

#housing-production

"For too long, CEQA has been weaponized to delay and derail housing, infrastructure and other investments we desperately need. In fact, a majority of the lawsuits brought under CEQA are not even about the environment," San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan told San José Spotlight. "With these long-overdue reforms, California is finally restoring balance to a process that has stood in the way of progress."

For the 30-plus years I've covered spot rezonings, developers have routinely proposed bigger buildings than they need, knowing the local City Council member will shrink them to pacify NIMBY constituents.