For the California counties that opted to be one of the first to roll out the state’s new court system for people with untreated schizophrenia and other severe mental illness, the clock is ticking. 📝: lynnlaaa 📸: AdrianaHeldiz/AP
on Friday. His goal: Speed up big infrastructure projects by limiting the time opponents can obstruct projects in court with challenges under the California Environmental Quality Act, also known as CEQA.Limit the amount of time courts have to weigh challenges to nine months;Carve out more exemptions in the law so that favored projects can skip certain reviews.
For decades, business interests have decried “CEQA abuse.” But in recent years, CEQA reform has garnered more liberal support as climate change becomes the prevailing environmental issue and renewable energy projects are seen as one of its major solutions.
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