Bill seeks to restore CEQA vesting protections for projects permitted under recent community plans
Sponsor testified SB 611 would restore post-permit protections that expired Jan. 1, 2025, allowing projects permitted under an adopted community plan to proceed despite plan-related litigation; the committee heard sponsor testimony and moved the bill forward.
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Sponsor representatives told the Assembly Local Government Committee that SB 611 would reinstate protections that let legally permitted projects continue when litigation challenges a community plan. Supporters said prior law (AB 1515 of 2019) provided that certainty but that the protections expired Jan. 1, 2025.
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