California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the state’s 2025-2026 budget, which offers environmental review exemptions for critical housing and infrastructure projects. Leaders say the exemptions will improve affordability, while environmentalists say it will ruin the state’s ecosystem.
Source: Inman News
California passes bipartisan bills that overhaul environmental law to bolster building starts
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