When Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, introduced the bill in January, it came before lawmakers nearly completely blank — a common practice in California politics, said Assemblymember David Tangipa, R-Clovis…“Instead of actually doing the full deliberation process on starting it from the very beginning, having some clear intentions, debating on the budget, we will wait all the way until the very end,” Tangipa said.
By June, the bill turned into a lengthy, complex bill changing California’s environmental laws days before lawmakers had to approve a budget. One part largely praised by builders included a change in the California Environmental Quality Act, which Gov. Gavin Newsom told lawmakers had to be in there or he would veto the budget, according to multiple sources, including Tangipa.
