Link to Forbes.com (June 28, 2025) | The road to hell and housing shortages is paved with good intentions. In this case, those intentions came in the form of the California Environmental Quality Act, passed into law in 1970 to protect the state’s fragile eco systems from development. …On June 30, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation reforming CEQA as part of the state’s mandatory budget, ensuring the changes would take place without delay.
…CEQA reform has been a major legislative issue every year, [USGBC California] executive director Ben Stapleton notes, “We ourselves co-sponsored a bill earlier this year that would have provided exemptions for housing that was leveraging green building principles around reduced energy and water use, healthy materials, improved air quality, resilience, and community engagement.” (Read full article)
Photo: New California law can make housing supply more available and affordable. (GETTY)
