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Governor Jerry Brown issued the May Revise for the state budget yesterday, and one provision has some transit advocates unhappy. The governor’s budget proposed to loan cap-and-trade funds to the general fund, which are promised to be repaid but it’s not entirely clear how that would work: Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his budget for [...]
Back in February Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg proposed a bare-bones framework for reforming the California Environmental Quality Act. SB 731 had to be filed by a legislative deadline, but Steinberg’s office needed more time to hash out the details of a good reform proposal. He’s done that. Late last week Senator Steinberg provided [...]
Last week Governor Jerry Brown proclaimed efforts to reform the California Environmental Quality Act to be dead for this legislative session. But Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg disagreed, declaring CEQA reform not dead yet and that it is in fact moving forward in this session: A day after Gov. Jerry Brown said overhauling California’s [...]
In the wake of Senator Michael Rubio’s surprise resignation in February, major reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act appear to be stalled: Joel Fox, chairman of the Small Business Action Committee, said, “The stars were in line, but have been knocked out of alignment.” But Rubio may have seen the writing on the wall [...]
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