CEQA Resources
Resources
CEQA Works – Coffee Table Book | Read or Download Here
CEQA Works – Fact Sheet | Read or Download Here
CEQA – Housing Exemptions Fact Sheet | Read or Download Here
The false narrative around CEQA and the California housing crisis – Daily Journal | Read or Download Here
CEQA in 2024: An Environmental and Public Health Bill of Rights
Reports
Oil and gas interests, polluters, and private developers have worked to weaken CEQA, but independent studies consistently confirm CEQA’s significant long-term benefit to the state.
Independent studies show that CEQA is not a major impediment to housing production in California or a drag on the state’s economy. They prove that CEQA litigation rates are low and that the cost of compliance with the law is negligible compared to overall project costs. Using case studies, the reports also document how CEQA is used to advance environmental justice and to combat climate change.
Here is a summary of recent empirical CEQA studies and key findings
Here are the leading reports:
2025 Report: CEQA for the Future: Protecting Land, People, & Climate
CEQA-for-the-Future
2023 Report: CEQA by the Numbers: Myths & Facts
CEQA-By-the-Numbers
2021 Report: CEQA: California’s Living Environmental Law: CEQA’s Role in Housing, Environmental Justice, & Climate Change
rosefdn.org/ceqas-role-in-housing-environmental-justice-climate-change
California State Legislature, Senate Committee on Judiciary and Senate Committee on Environmental Quality (2019).
Just the Facts: An Evidence-Based Look at CEQA Streamlining and CEQA’s Role in Development. (pdf)
Association of Environmental Professionals (2019).
CEQA and Housing Production: 2018 Survey of California Cities and Counties.