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In June 2025, Newsom signed SB 131 into law which contains many provisions to speed up the approval process for building infrastructure, including a streamlining of the California Environmental Quality Act and changes to the California Coastal Commission, which have been used for decades to block the development of dense housing developments and transit.
This sentence wrongly attributes California Coastal Commission permitting changes to SB 131 alone. Official state materials say the coastal-permitting and Coastal Commission appeal changes were part of the AB 130/SB 131 package, and AB 130 specifically contains the Coastal Act amendments.
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Official California sources do show that Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 131 on June 30, 2025, and that SB 131 included major CEQA-related changes. But the article goes further and says SB 131 itself included "changes to the California Coastal Commission." That attribution is incorrect.
The Governor's June 30, 2025 announcement says the reforms were spread across two budget trailer bills — AB 130 and SB 131 — and lists "limiting certain Coastal Commission housing appeals and speeding up Coastal permitting" as part of the combined package, not SB 131 alone.
The official California Legislature text for AB 130 explicitly shows it amends Public Resources Code section 30603 and adds other Coastal Act-related provisions, i.e. the bill that actually carries the Coastal Commission / coastal permitting changes.
By contrast, the official "Today's Law As Amended" page for SB 131 is the Public Resources bill focused on CEQA streamlining and related provisions; it does not contain the Coastal Commission appeal and permitting amendments that AB 130 does.
So the sentence is inaccurate because it credits SB 131 by itself with Coastal Commission changes that the state attributes to the broader AB 130 + SB 131 package, with the specific Coastal Act amendments appearing in AB 130.
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- Governor Newsom signs into law groundbreaking reforms to build more housing, boost affordability
These transformative measures, including Assembly Bill 130 (Committee on Budget) and SB 131 ... include ... limiting certain Coastal Commission housing appeals and speeding up Coastal permitting.
- Bill Text - AB-130 Housing.
AB 130 ... to amend Sections 21180, 21183, and 30603 of, and to add Sections 21080.43, 21080.44, 21080.66, 30114.5, and 30405 to, the Public Resources Code ... [Approved by Governor June 30, 2025.]
- Today's Law As Amended - SB-131 Public Resources.
SB-131 Public Resources. ... As Amends the Law on Jul 01, 2025 ... [content shows CEQA and related Public Resources changes, rather than the Coastal Act amendment carried in AB 130].