CEQA Not The Cause of California’s Affordable Housing Gap

August 30, 2024

SMW Of Counsel Andrew Schwartz authored an article published in the Los Angeles-San Francisco Daily Journal refuting the contention of the California Building Industry Association and California government officials that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is responsible for the shortage of affordable housing in California. As experts have documented, the principal barriers to housing production—in California and other states—are high land/construction costs, high interest rates, and a widening gap between income and the cost of housing. Read the article here.