A new California appellate court decision could reduce the practice of using a state environmental law to block housing and other projects.
Get the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.Receive a weekly digest in your inbox from Dan Walters, who shines a light on how elected officials spend your tax dollars.The University Heights neighborhood of San Diego, where there are several ADU units, on Nov. 5, 2023. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMattersThe California Environmental Quality Act has often been used, or misused, to block housing construction and other projects.
Last year, the Legislature, which has been strengthening HAA provisions in recent years, cracked down on CEQA delays by passing, a Democrat from San Francisco, where the tactic has often been employed. It decreed that excessive CEQA delays in high-density urban projects violate state law and subject officials to lawsuits.
was entitled to a CEQA exemption because it met the criteria of the general plan, which had been certified as compatible with CEQA. However, when residents of the area and the city of Escondido, citing noise, traffic and aesthetic impacts, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors declared that it needed more environmental mitigation under CEQA.
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