Changes Ahead for California Environmental Quality Act? (Sacramento Bee)
For years – even decades – business groups have complained that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)'s complex provisions were being misused to block worthwhile projects, often for reasons that had nothing to do with the environment.
The complaints drew sympathy from Republican legislators, and sometimes became intertwined with state budget negotiations. But the Legislature's dominant Democrats, closely allied with environmental groups, refused to entertain any major changes in CEQA.
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