Tag: CEQA

What Does the Building an Affordable California Act Do?

The Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA) is a proposed ballot measure that modernizes California’s outdated approval process to build essential projects faster...

Affordable CA Initiative Qualifies for Nov. Ballot

The Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA) has officially qualified for the November 2026 statewide ballot, a major step toward lowering California’s cost...

Cost Drivers Held in Assembly Appropriations

A number of bills identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as Cost Drivers that would have made the state less affordable for businesses...

100+ Organizations Join Affordable CA Coalition

Support continues to surge for the Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA), with more than 100 organizations from across California now backing the...

Affordable CA Campaign Submits Signatures

The campaign in support of the Building an Affordable California Act (Affordable CA) announced this week that it has begun submitting nearly 1 million...

Boosting California’s Economy and State Budget

New analyses of the California Chamber of Commerce ballot measure to streamline and modernize the construction of essential projects find it could result in...

‘Building an Affordable California’ Ballot Initiative

Last week, the California Chamber of Commerce filed a request with the Office of the Attorney General for title and summary on a ballot...

Let’s Build an Affordable California

It’s politically popular these days to talk about making the Golden State more affordable, perhaps because we can no longer ignore the impossibly high...

State Budget for 2025–26: What’s In, What’s Out

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a series of bills to enact the state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, a $321...

CEQA Relief for Housing in Budget Trailer Bills

A package of budget-related bills that include changes to how environmental laws are applied to some types of housing in urban areas was signed...