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Senate committee backs CEQA streamlining for Concord reuse plan, with affordability conditions

Senate Committee on Environmental Quality · April 22, 2026
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Summary

SB 11 45 would streamline procedures under CEQA and federal base‑closure rules for qualifying projects in the Concord Reuse Project Area Plan, facilitating thousands of housing units and commercial space; the author and Concord representatives stressed environmental review already completed and promised continued protections for affordability and habitat.

Senator Steve Grayson presented SB 11 45 as a district bill aimed at moving forward long‑planned redevelopment of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station. He told the committee the area plan anticipates thousands of housing units (with a 25% affordability goal), millions of square feet of commercial space and extensive open‑space…

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