The CEQA graveyard: Projects delayed by California’s powerful environmental law

April 20, 2025

Land use attorney Robert Selna stands for a portrait outside a fenced off space across the West Oakland Bart station that was originally scheduled for housing construction in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Selna is fighting against the use of CEQA, an environmental law that allows lawsuits to be brought against project development, preventing the state from building new housing. (Don Feria for Bay Area News Group)

CEQA challenges have paralyzed major housing and infrastructure projects around the Bay Area — including apartments located within steps of transit stations, student housing projects and California’s high speed rail.

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