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Members and advocates criticize limited SB 131 cleanup; committee holds related trailer bill
Summary
Senators and dozens of public commenters criticized the narrow scope of cleanup language tied to SB 131's advanced‑manufacturing exemption. Senator Blake Spear and several colleagues said the package before the budget committee falls short of commitments made when SB 131 passed; the committee deferred a vote on the related trailer bill.
The Senate hearing featured intense pushback over cleanup to SB 131, the measure that created a limited CEQA exemption intended to speed advanced manufacturing projects. Several senators and speaker groups said promised protections for habitat, tribal consultation and labor standards were not included in the follow‑up legislation now before the committee.
Senator Blake Spear said she would not support the narrow trailer bill — AB 158 in the committee print — and criticized its failure to include promised protections for habitat for protected species. “SB 158, as it's before us today, does not include environmental protections for habitat for protected species,” she said. “... I won't be voting in support of SB 158 today.”
Senator Menjivar and others echoed concerns that the cleanup language was…
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