Despite expressing verbal support for reform, however, Brown has been reluctant to make it a priority and his governorship probably will end in a few months with no major CEQA overhaul – which gets us back to those 142 bills.
Most of them would either exempt certain activities, or even specific projects, from CEQA, or provide fast-tracking for them.
Notwithstanding Brown’s criticism of “piecemeal approaches,” he and the Legislature have been quite willing to enact such loopholes while quite unwilling to do a comprehensive overhaul. They seem to like having wealthy developers come to the Capitol seeking favors – particularly sports team owners and their development partners on new arenas.
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