How an environmental law stymies housing development
How an environmental law stymies housing development Michael Murphy FacebookTwitterEmail illusGetty Images Has the time arrived to dispense with environmental review of housing projects? The question underlies three bills introduced by Democrats in the past legislative session and a San Francisco Planning Department proposal to streamline environmental review. It has a history with an ironic twist that has somehow come into focus in this COVID-obsessed time. At issue is the California Environmental Quality Act, commonly known as CEQA. Adopted in 1970, the same year as the first Earth Day cele...