Government,
Environmental & Energy
May 24, 2021
New law speeds CEQA review, slows courts
The problem, according to the Judicial Council, is that the bill imposes a 270-day timeline for the review of potentially hundreds of housing projects, the council wrote in a May 17 letter to the governor.
Despite the Judicial Council’s opposition, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 7, extending the already streamlined California Environmental Quality Act review process for developments to include small-scale housing and other projects.
“California’s recovery from the pandemic must tackle the housing shortage that threatens our economic growth and long-term prosperity,” Newsom said in a Thursday statement after he signed the bill. “...
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