Rose Reports that CEQA’s Perfect As Is: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

A few days after we released our “In the Name of the Environment” update on CEQA litigation abuse, which reported on three years of CEQA lawsuits (2012-2015) filed to block construction of about 14,000 housing units (and a 200-bed homeless shelter) in the 6-county, 191-city region included in the Southern California Association of Governments, the […]

CEQA: California Dreamin’ or California Nightmare?

Our recent report on “California Social Priorities” — released by Chapman University’s Center for Demographics and Policy and the topic of the first meeting of the Houston based Center for Opportunity Urbanism — stirred up some controversy. A largely negative response came from Josh Stephens from the California Planning and Development Report. As a lifelong […]