Gov. Newsom's infrastructure plan could shorten the construction of bridges, broadband, water projects and highway maintenance by three years and save the state millions of dollars.
Additional CEQA changes in the plan would give government agencies greater control over deciding what’s needed in a project’s official administrative record and overturn a recent appellate court decision that required the inclusion of internal emails as part of that record. Litigation on the email issue involving a large residential and commercial development proposal in San Diego County lasted nearly two years after it was approved.A California water advocacy group is criticizing Gov.
“We’re not trying to destroy our environmental protections in California. But we’re certainly trying to say enough is enough,” Miller said. “We need to move forward and transition the state to its clean energy future.” The newly available federal dollars also include many clean energy and other competitive grants. For California to win, it needs to show the federal government that it can deliver, the governor said.whether to raise the debt limitGOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Republicans would only agree to raise the limit if Biden agreed to roll back certain provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes ambitious climate plans and funding for infrastructure projects.
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