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New CEQA Reform Bill Would Exempt Many Infill Housing Projects
If approved, housing projects in an infill, urbanized area that meet local zoning standards and are under 20 acres would be ...
Yes in Rivas’ Back Yard
ROB THE BUILDER: Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas is throwing his weight behind a slate of housing affordability legislation — ...
Social media warning label bill moves forward in California legislature
A new version of the bill would show people a black warning box for 10 seconds when they first open the social media site.
California Democrats tackle high costs with new committees. What will they do?
The committees will focus on early childcare costs, housing finance and affordability, gas prices, and CalFresh enrollment.
Buffy Wicks CEQA bill ignites worthy debate
Though far from the only factor, the California Environmental Quality Act, as currently constituted and implemented, has long ...
This California law made housing too expensive. Here is how to change it | Opinion
The California Environmental Quality Act has required projects to identify impacts and solutions for 55 years. Some housing ...
Times-Standard on MSN3d
A California environmental law makes it ‘too damn hard’ to build. But do Democrats have the will to reform it?
The law is a favorite tool among the trade unions, which threaten developers with it to extract concessions. Any CEQA reform ...
Tech platforms have an obligation to save California’s local newsrooms | Opinion
Tech platforms have captured the advertising profits that once sustained community newsrooms. Google was just found to have ...
Westside Current on MSN2d
Cracks in the Mansion Tax: ULA Falls Short as Budget Crisis Deepens
Despite promises of a billion-dollar windfall to fight homelessness, L.A.'s real estate transfer tax has delivered just a ...
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California Rideshare Drivers and Supporters Step Up Push to Unionize
Authored by Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), AB 1340 would allow drivers to create a union and negotiate contracts with industry leaders like Uber and Lyft.
Editorial: California Legislature should drop latest attack on gig workers
People trying to earn a living, especially in this expensive state, should not have to jump through bureaucratic hoops ...
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Buffy Wicks CEQA bill ignites worthy debate
Which brings us to Assembly Bill 609 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, which would exempt most urban housing developments from CEQA. We have long argued that carve-outs from CEQA are ...