Judicial streamlining proposed to expedite two Bay Area hospital projects

Jun 24, 2026

AB 22-31 would provide a clear judicial pathway to reduce litigation risk for two hospital projects in Santa Clara and Emeryville; Sutter Health and local officials said the measure preserves CEQA review while accelerating essential health-care infrastructure.

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Assemblymember (author) presented AB 22-31 as a narrowly targeted judicial-streamlining measure designed to help two specific hospital projects in the Bay Area (Santa Clara and Emeryville) move forward without protracted litigation delays. Sutter Health's Joe Grigorich said the projects would address regional inpatient and emergency care capacity shortfalls and were vulnerable to delay under current processes.

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