New CEQA Laws

As part of the 2025 state budget bills, the California legislature enacted major changes to CEQA to support housing development and otherwise streamline the CEQA process. Andrew Fogg, land use partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson, will present a summary of these changes found in AB 130 and SB 131, including the new 20-acre infill exemption, the “near miss” CEQA exemption process, and other changes. He will also provide some recent examples of how these provisions have been used to obtain faster approvals and resolve certain pending CEQA lawsuits to allow the quicker development of infill housing projects. 

Andrew Fogg has extensive experience in representing developers in the land use entitlement process and related areas, including all aspects of planning, zoning, and environmental review, in cities and counties throughout California.

Andrew represents developers and public entities in processing administrative land use actions, including the negotiation and approval of numerous entitlement…