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January 1, California Housing Boost Sparks Controversy Among Environmentalists
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom just signed some new bills to change an old environmental law. This law was making it hard to build houses in California where they really need them.
The California lawmakers, with support from both parties, decided to let some projects, like big housing plans, skip the long reviews from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Newsom pushed hard for this change, saying he wouldn’t approve the budget until these changes were made.
Newsom called this a big change and important for California’s future. He even held a big press conference to explain why this was necessary to show people that California’s government can fix problems.
“If we can’t fix this, folks will lose trust in us,” Newsom said. He thinks this issue is tied to how people see California’s leaders.
Since 2018, when he first ran for office promising to solve the housing problem, Newsom has tried to address this issue. As he’s nearing the end of his time as governor, Newsom might be looking at a future presidential run in 2028.
CEQA was signed into law in 1970 by then-Governor Ronald Reagan. It was supposed to be for government projects, but later it was decided it applied to a lot of building projects. Critics think the law has been used unfairly by some groups to get special deals or block projects.
Environmental groups are not happy about these changes. They want lawmakers to reject the new bills, saying this will hurt the environment.
These changes are sure to stir up talk, but for Californians who need housing, it might be a needed step forward.
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Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed new bills to make changes to an environmental law in California that was slowing down the building of new houses. This law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), required long reviews that delayed important housing projects. By allowing some projects to skip these long reviews, Newsom hopes to solve California’s housing problems more quickly. He believes that making this change is crucial for the future of the state, and he worked hard to ensure these changes were part of the new budget.
Newsom has been focused on solving the housing issue since he first ran for governor in 2018, and he even promised to address it. As he gets closer to the end of his time as governor, he might have his eyes on running for president in 2028. This change shows his commitment to fixing problems in California and proving that the government can be trusted to solve issues. Newsom hopes this will help regain the trust of the people, as he highlighted during a big press conference explaining why the changes were needed.
While environmental groups are worried that these changes might harm the environment, the push to make it easier to build houses could be a positive step for those in California who struggle to find affordable places to live. Many people in the state see this change as necessary to meet the pressing demand for housing. Even though this decision is stirring debate, it seems like a step in the right direction for addressing the housing shortage in California.
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Eileen
July 3, 2025 at 6:19 am
This place, the Mira Mesa neighborhood in San Diego, was already quite crowded b ack in 1994 when I bought here. The city council, last year, approved a new ability to build even more housing in this most crowded neighborhood, going to be over 250K residences allowed to be built here.
The area is rife with houses, duplexes, condos, and a few hotels. There is a small amount of industrial in th west end, but I think when it is built out, with not an inch of dirt left over maybe e, just maybe it will be built completely out and they will begin attempting to buy out single family homes and turn those into multilevel apartment buildings.
California is far too crowded and with the amount of people attempting to move here it is going to get worse.
Libblaster
July 3, 2025 at 11:11 am
“If we can’t fix this, folks will lose trust in us,” Newsom said. Too late, Gavin. We’ve already lost trust in this laughable excuse for a state government.
Celeu
July 3, 2025 at 11:31 am
Deport the ILLEGALS wouldn’t need as much Housing.Knowing SCREWSOME he’ll be subsidizing for the ILLEGALS!
Jeffrey O. Pelton
July 3, 2025 at 2:31 pm
does’t Hair gel understand why businesses are leaving the golden state? maybe he finally is understanding
Disgusted CA Voter and Tax Payer
July 3, 2025 at 11:59 pm
Wanna bet – there’s $$$ somewhere in this scheme for Hair Gel!!!! Newscum does NOTHING unless he will benefit!!!! Come on – someone take my bet!!
Ghost/ Anarchist Mateo Mallia
July 12, 2025 at 12:24 am
I won’t take that bet, ‘Disgusted Ca Voter and Tax Payer’ because I KNOW you’re very much correct. I as well, am a ‘violated’ and ignored, (harangued), Ca voter, (spent money, twice— trying to get this ‘hair-gel’ criminal Italian Tyrant RECALLED! I’ll even add to your suggestion…Newscum is intentionally, copying other Asiatic countries architecture and apartment, engineering plans, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, China, S. Korea. All these ‘high rise’ ,(some are twenty to thirty-five stories), behemoths that house various ‘classes’ of citizens, ‘bottom floor’ low-income/ some..homeless who qualify for protection to ‘top’ floors, middle-class to upper-middle class). Another building ‘forest’ of concrete and steel hell, blotting the beauty of nature.
R Ryan
July 4, 2025 at 10:37 am
There is plenty of space in California to build “affordable” housing. Unfortunately, that’s not where the jobs are for the people who might want to live there.
Sherri Ratcliffe
July 4, 2025 at 12:39 pm
There goes the earthquake building codes.
CyrusB
July 7, 2025 at 12:24 pm
Obviously this is to position his run for President. Gotta distance himself from the cray cray leftist ideals to appeal to the center. One big one is the rebuilding of the homes destroyed in the major fires in the LA residential areas such as Brentwood. Can’t have regulations get in the way of the wealthy rebuilding. (Personally, I’m for what Newsom is doing, but I can also see he’s not doing it for the reasons stated).