Environmental
Oct. 1, 2013
Governor signs modest CEQA reform bill
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday that will alter parts of the state's bedrock environmental law and speed up approval of a basketball arena in downtown Sacramento.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday that will alter parts of the state's bedrock environmental law and speed up approval of a basketball arena in downtown Sacramento.
SB 743, authored by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg D-Sacramento, makes changes to the California Environmental Quality Act - known as CEQA - in response to complaints from the business community that it hampers development.
The law requir...
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