State environmental laws facing reform
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Three former California governors — George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis — have joined in calling for preserving CEQA’s goals but ending its abuses.
It’s been 43 years since Reagan signed the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) into the state’s signature environmental legislation this year faces its first full makeover...
Organized labor, plaintiffs’ attorneys and environmentalists, on the other hand, are protective of CEQA the way it is...
...Beth Gaines, the Republican Assemblywoman representing the 6th Assembly District, including El Dorado Hills, and Cameron Park, said while reform is currently “a work in progress, the good news is that both sides of the aisle agree CEQA reform is needed.
“We do need to make some reforms, everybody agrees on that. A boost to our economy and an increase in jobs would be greatly accelerated with simple revisions to CEQA,” she said.
“We’re a long way from knowing any specifics, but my door is open,” Gaines added. “I’m very excited and willing to hear any CEQA ideas from individual businesses or local government.” ...
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