Senate Leader Mike McGuire, Senate Budget Chair Scott Wiener Issue Joint Statement on Appropriations Committee Passing SB 607

SACRAMENTO – Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) and Senate Budget Chair Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released the following statement regarding the passage of SB 607 out of Appropriations Committee:

“California's housing shortage and cost of living crisis have driven too many out of the communities they love, into long commutes, or out of California entirely. Permitting challenges have also made it more and more challenging to build critical public infrastructure, to expand the production of clean energy, and to advance our state’s economic development goals so we remain a global economic powerhouse. Fixing these challenges is paramount to the Golden State’s future, and we have a long history of working together on some of the most impactful housing and economic development legislation advanced in decades. 

“Over the coming weeks, we’ll be collaborating on final language for SB 607 which will then be embedded in the state budget. This important legislation will help ensure California has the right tools to deliver not only more housing, but more clean energy jobs, economic development, and transportation projects for hardworking Californians.”

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