CEQA Exemptions Bill Support Position
At a glance
- What: A Council position of support for California Senate Bill 954 (Blakespear), which amends the non-housing California Environmental Quality Act exemptions enacted in SB 131 (2025): clarifying and narrowing the "advanced manufacturing" exemption, adding environmental and labor safeguards for exempt industrial projects, extending CEQA exemptions for daycare facilities in residential zones, and keeping habitat for protected species subject to review.
- Where it stands: Approved June 16, 2026 on the Consent Calendar as recommended; copies go to the Governor, Senators Jesse Arreguin and Catherine Blakespear, and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks.
- Next: None locally; the bill moves in Sacramento.
Detail
- Council Consent item 32, authored by Councilmember Tregub with Bartlett and Lunaparra as co-sponsors. Financial implications: staff time. Action: approved recommendation, as part of the Consent Calendar motion (Humbert/Taplin, all ayes).
- Compare other positions in ACA 22 Opposition Position and Density Bonus Labor Standards Bill.
Sources
- City Council regular meeting minutes, June 16, 2026 (Attachment 4 in the minutes-for-approval batch): https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/2026-06/2026-06-30%20Item%2018%20Minutes%20for%20Approval.pdf
Log
2026-06-16 - City Council (regular)
Position of support approved on consent.