SAN FRANCISCO – The Senate Environmental Quality Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) SB 607, the Fast & Focused CEQA Act, a good government measure that makes several key changes to improve the clarity and efficiency of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) processes.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Senate Housing Committee passed Senator Wiener’s landmark housing bill, SB 79, the Abundant & Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, but failed to advance SB 677. The bills tackle the root cause of California’s affordability crisis by allowing more homes to be built in the most productive and sustainable areas of the state.
SACRAMENTO – After President Trump willfully ignored the Supreme Court’s order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a legal U.S. resident whom Trump’s government illegally disappeared to an El Salvadoran gulag, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele refused to return Abrego Garcia to the United States.
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Planning Department, under the leadership of Mayor Lurie, released the first draft of its state-mandated plan to rezone the city to accommodate significantly more housing in San Francisco.