State Sen. Scott Wiener has proposed a significant legislative change aimed at accelerating the recovery and development of downtown San Francisco. The new law would enable developers to bypass the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for remodeling or replacing outdated buildings in the area. This move, described as "one of the broadest rollbacks" of CEQA, is intended to facilitate faster development processes by exempting most projects in downtown San Francisco from the law's requirements "for the next decade." The legislation has been praised for its potential to speed up downtown recovery, with supporters arguing that CEQA has been misused by NIMBYs, hindering necessary development. The proposal is seen as a crucial step towards reviving the downtown area, which is currently facing a crisis.
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State @Scott_Wiener: You've leaped bravely halfway across the chasm. If this is so good for parts of San Francisco, why not extend the logic statewide? @TheRadioFreeCA "To Save San Francisco, a Democrat Wants to Scrap Environmental Reviews" https://t.co/sBVmsPEnbd
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Should CEQA, the landmark environmental law used to block development like housing on a parking lot in housing-starved California, be suspended for a decade in the concrete-jungle of downtown SF? Yes, says @Scott_Wiener. via @hknightsf https://t.co/OHit2kTBG5
California Bill Wants To Scrap Environmental Reviews To Save Downtown San Francisco https://t.co/OQM4V8qEas
To Save San Francisco, a Democrat Wants to Scrap Environmental Reviews—To @Scott_Wiener this is the definition of environmentalism in today’s California, a state… https://t.co/KxMNNYcTdL @nytimes @hknightsf
This is smart legislation from @Scott_Wiener that will help speed up our downtown recovery. CEQA is a well meaning tool but it has been increasingly abused by NIMBYs. Our downtown is in crisis and we need to respond accordingly. https://t.co/C443VfhWd6
State Sen. @Scott_Wiener wants to exempt downtown SF and nearby areas from CEQA reviews that can take years, in the latest effort revive the area: https://t.co/3f5xymLwLN https://t.co/FN1SbTX2G0
State Sen. Scott Wiener has proposed a new law that would allow developers in downtown San Francisco to skip environmental checks to remodel or replace outdated buildings faster. https://t.co/IBRNH8DxJD
👊This is great @Scott_Wiener "one of the broadest rollbacks of the once-vaunted California Environmental Quality Act...to allow most projects in downtown San Francisco to bypass the law for the next decade." @hknightsf https://t.co/HzK7IB1XqE