State Senate Bill 787,
in order to reduce unreasonable lawsuits, seeks to reform the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Threats of CEQA based lawsuits by ideological
or environmental groups have killed, or are, killing practically all
development in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties.
In Calaveras County,
this may be the tip of the iceberg, as threats of lawsuits have plunged the
county into a huge update of its general plan requiring massive increases of
regulation. This process has been going on for 7 years with over one
million dollars squandered. And no one is accountable.
Why not reform CEQA to increase accountability in
government?
As an example, why not
allow CEQA and the General Plan to focus on the use of land that the counties own
or control?
Having government, or a
collective, controlling private property has hurt property rights as well as
our economy. Worse yet, no one is accountable or responsible for
the consequences of failure. The people suffer and many do not understand why.
Isn't it true that
progress in a free country is based not only on people having choice, but also
being responsible for the consequences?
Let’s really reform
CEQA.
