Alejandra Reyes-Velarde

Should there be time limits on environmental review for development? Proposition 45 would overhaul the state's environmental review law, the California Environmental Quality Act.

I'm Alejandra Reyes Velarde, a reporter for CalMatters, and this is Prop 45 in a minute.

The California Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a measure aimed at helping developers speed up projects they designate as essential.

The proposition defines that as infrastructure like roads and bridges, housing, schools, broadband, and wildfire mitigation.