Streamlines project approvals to lower costs, protect our environment, and deliver the water, housing, hospitals, clean energy, and infrastructure Californians need.
The Problem
California’s outdated approval system for essential projects is too slow, too bureaucratic, and too costly – increasing the cost of living for everyone.
- $75,000+ added to every new home, which drives up rents and mortgages.
- Billions added in taxpayer and consumer costs for hospitals, roads and clean energy projects.
- Delayed progress on critical environmental projects to reduce pollution, prevent wildfires and cut emissions.
The Solution
The Building an Affordable California Act modernizes the state’s broken approval process so we can build essential projects faster and more affordably.
Including:- Clean water infrastructure
- Clean Energy
- Housing
- Roads, bridges, and transit
- Hospitals and health care facilities
- Schools and educational facilities
- Wildfire prevention
- Broadband infrastructure
The Act will:
Reduce the cost of living
Speed up construction of essential projects
Create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs
Streamline reviews and eliminate costly delays
Curb frivolous lawsuits that block essential projects
Protect California’s strong environmental, worker and tribal cultural protections
The Act speeds up approvals for the projects Californians rely on most:
Clean drinking water and supply projects
Hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities
Roads, bridges, transit and other transportation infrastructure
Wildfire prevention and resilience projects
Single and multi-family homes, senior and student housing
Clean energy generation, transmission and storage
Broadband and telecommunications infrastructure
Schools, classrooms and educational facilities
Download Fact Sheet
Every year of delay means Californians wait longer and pay more for the essential projects our communities need most.
It’s time to cut red tape, protect our environment and build projects that make life more affordable for everyone.