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<h1>Proposition 45 Creates a Massive Loophole to <br>Fast-Track Approval of Polluting Projects</h1>

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<p><strong>Prop 45 guts the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) — </strong>California’s most important air and water quality protection law, which requires that harm to air, water, and wildlife be disclosed and reduced before projects are approved. Prop 45 lets developers fast-track the polluting projects you don’t want next door.</p>

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<h2>Harms air and water quality and public health.</h2>

<p><strong>This November, Californians will face a ballot measure that should concern anyone who values clean air, clean water, clean soil and the health of their community.</strong> Prop 45, brought forward by the California Chamber of Commerce, is a serious threat to public health, and people who care about protecting their families and neighborhoods need to stand up and oppose it.</p>

<h4>Protect Public Health in California: Vote No on Prop 45</h4>

<p><strong>The committee — operating as One Voice for California</strong>, sponsored by labor, health and environmental organizations — unites the organizing strength of California labor, the credibility of the state’s leading public health and environmental advocates and funders, and the people power of more than 250 organizations and growing.</p>

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<h4>Powerful Statewide Coalition Joins Forces to Oppose Ballot Measure That Would Eviscerate California’s Landmark Environmental Law</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO –</strong> One of the state’s leading housing experts says Proposition 45 will not accelerate the development of affordable housing or reduce housing costs but instead will muzzle communities from input on the development of polluting projects.</p><p>Proposition 45 is the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, water, and public health laws.</p>

<h4>Housing Expert: “Prop 45 Isn't About Affordability or the Housing Crisis."</h4>

<p><strong>Proposition 45&nbsp;would minimize environmental review of data centers, freeways, fossil-fuel power plants, dams, sprawling land uses into wildfire zones and more. </strong>The cost of review would be shifted to the government, over $100 million per year.</p><p>Proposition 45, known as BACA, which should stand for the Backtrack California Act, would take California back to the days when developers had no accountability for the impacts of their projects.</p>

<h4>Prop. 45 would take state back to bad old daysHeadline Goes Here</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – The American Lung Association, the nation’s leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease, today announced its opposition to Proposition 45, the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, clean water and public health laws.</p>

<h4>American Lung Association Urges No on Prop 45</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – In a <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/15TYtQpJXVo?e=8a11845c0a&amp;c2id=531bbc4f2864c8729264b5e55aad560f" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">column</a> in the legal publication The Daily Journal, two of the state’s leading land use attorneys today confirmed that Proposition 45 will fast track the construction of controversial data centers in California. </p>

<h4>California's Top Land Use Attorneys Agree: Prop 45 Would Speed Data Center Construction</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – The No on Proposition 45 campaign launched its first television spot this week, attacking the ballot measure for a massive loophole that will fast track “certain projects” such as data centers, gas pipelines, and many industrial warehouses, silencing community voices and limiting public scrutiny.</p>

<h4>NO ON PROP 45 CAMPAIGN RELEASES FIRST AD</h4>

<p><strong>A debate over whether Proposition 45 could ease environmental review for data centers is emerging </strong>as a major fault line in the campaign over the California ballot measure, as opponents seek to connect proposed changes to the California Environmental Quality Act with growing public resistance to the massive facilities.</p>

<h4>Proposition 45 Draws Fire Amid Fears of Data Center Environmental Exemptions</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO </strong>– One of the world’s largest data center builders has contributed $250,000 to the Yes on Proposition 45 campaign, according to <a href="https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1484853&amp;session=2025&amp;view=received" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">records filed</a> with the California Secretary of State. Proposition 45 is the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, water, and public health laws.</p>

<h4>Data Center Builder Donates Big to Pass Proposition 45</h4>

<p><strong>Don’t let the supporters of Proposition 45 fool you. </strong>Their main interest is in lining their own pockets. It is supported by developers and businesses.</p><p>They care nothing about our neighborhoods, our environment or actually providing affordable housing.</p><p>We actually need to strengthen CEQA to protect our environment, neighborhoods and the ability of cities to determine their own development.</p><p>Please vote no on Proposition 45.</p>

<h4>Prop. 45 means to aid developers, business</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO –</strong>&nbsp;The California Professional Firefighters (CPF) today announced their opposition to Proposition 45, the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, clean water and public health laws.</p>

<h4>California Professional Firefighters Urges No on Prop 45, The Corporate Polluting Projects Pollution</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – The <a href="https://middleclasstaxpayers.org/">Middle Class Taxpayers Association</a>, a grassroots movement of California taxpayers, today announced its opposition to Proposition 45, the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, clean water and public health laws.</p>

<h4>Middle Class<br>Taxpayers Association: We Can't Afford Prop 45</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>California voters will decide the fate of a proposal that speeds up approvals for certain projects and changes how the state’s bedrock environmental law can be applied to them. </strong></span>Below, an environmental justice advocate says <a href="https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2026/proposition-45-environmental-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Proposition 45</a> empowers bad actors and shifts costs to taxpayers. The opposing view: An affordable housing advocate says <a href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2026/07/proposition-45-housing-environmental-reform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">historic misuse of environmental laws have delayed projects California can no longer wait for</a>.</p>

<h4>California needs to preserve clean air and public oversight. Why Prop. 45 must be stopped</h4>

<p><strong>The California Chamber of Commerce wants voters to believe its ballot initiative is a commonsense fix to an outdated law. It is not. </strong>The initiative is a sweeping rewrite of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the state’s most important environmental law, that would shift enormous costs and legal risk onto cities, counties, and other public agencies across California. The growing coalition of good government, public health, labor, environmental and environmental justice groups opposing this measure aren’t alarmists. They’re reading the fine print. Public officials should too.</p>

<h4>Prop 45 Is a Taxpayer Trap. Every Public Official Needs to Understand Why.</h4>

<p><strong>SAN JOSE —</strong> The California School Employees Association (CSEA), an influential union that represents nearly a quarter-million public school support professionals across California, today announced its opposition to Proposition 45, the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, clean water and public health laws.</p>

<h4>California School Employees Association Urges No on Prop 45, The Corporate Polluting Projects Proposition</h4>

<p>As I noted in <a href="https://legal-planet.org/2026/03/01/what-does-baca-do-part-vii/">my initial analysis</a> of the California Chamber of Commerce’s ballot initiative to rollback most of CEQA, one important point about the initiative is how many different projects are covered by it – despite the framing that it only covers “essential projects.”</p>

<h4>BACA and Data Centers, Part I</h4>

<p><strong>According to a statement from Representing California’s Rural Counties (Lassen County is a member), this memo provides an analysis of Proposition 45</strong>, which would make significant changes to local and state permitting processes, the California Environmental Quality Act, and tribal consultation obligations for a wide variety of “essential projects.”</p>

<h4>RCRC provides analysis of Prop 45: Recommends voters oppose this proposition</h4>

<p>Today, you have a say in what’s built in your neighborhood. Under Prop 45, decisions about what gets built near your home, your children’s school, and your water supply would be made with less information, less public input, and fewer ways to protect yourself.</p>

<h2>Silences community voices in favor of corporate polluters.</h2>

<p>Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz &amp; Associates (FM3) recently completed a survey of California voters to assess their views of Prop 45. The study shows <strong>Prop 45 faces a challenging path to passage.</strong> Fewer than half of voters support it after hearing the ballot label, and fewer than two in five are in favor after messaging for and against the measure.</p>

<h4>BREAKING: New Poll on Prop 45 Says Measure "Faces Significant Headwinds"</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><em>... from California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks</em></strong></span><strong><br></strong><br><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – The Yes on Proposition 45 campaign has <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/13sYMXI9TvJ?e=5ab092ec7d&amp;c2id=b858338fa9bb0264de2dc7a934a3b6e2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">donated</a> $725,000 to the California Republican Party, Politico California <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/8eaESVCzBFE?e=5ab092ec7d&amp;c2id=b858338fa9bb0264de2dc7a934a3b6e2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a> today, drawing fire from California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks.</p>

<h4>ICYMI: Yes on 45 Campaign’s $725,000 Contribution to California Republican Party Draws Rebuke...</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – Several of the largest and most influential labor unions in California today announced their opposition to Proposition 45, the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, clean water and public health laws.</p>

<h4>MAJOR UNIONS UNITE AGAINST PROP 45</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>SACRAMENTO </strong></span>&nbsp;— Saying it is “unnecessary and flawed,” the League of Women Voters California today announced its <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/KL1nsJbreZ9?e=e6eff57e81&amp;c2id=1ff91824dd325ea2f68ce933778722f4">opposition</a> to Proposition 45, the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, clean water and public health laws.</p>

<h4>League of Women Voters California: NO on Prop 45</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> — Three leading California lawmakers today announced their opposition to Proposition 45, saying the ballot measure is an unnecessary overreach in the wake of the passage of multiple bills in this and previous legislative sessions designed to promote affordable housing and responsible infrastructure development. Proposition 45 is the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, water, and public health laws.</p>

<h4>LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO SPEED AFFORDABLE AND INFILL HOUSING MAKES PROP 45 UNNECESSARY...</h4>

<p>For advocates working at the intersection of environmental protection and climate-smart growth, the<a href="https://www.greenbelt.org/land-use-planning-dictionary/california-environmental-quality-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)</a> has long been a source of both pride and frustration. While it has been a critical tool to protect our natural and working lands, its procedural delays have often been used to stall projects essential to a low-carbon future: dense <a href="https://www.greenbelt.org/land-use-planning-dictionary/infill-development/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">infill</a> housing and <a href="https://www.greenbelt.org/land-use-planning-dictionary/transit-oriented-development/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">transit-oriented development</a> in our existing communities.</p>

<h4>Chamber-Backed CEQA Initiative Is A Proposition Californians Can’t Afford: No on Prop 45</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO </strong>–&nbsp;The California Federation of Teachers (CFT) today announced their opposition to Proposition 45, the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, clean water and public health laws.</p>

<h4>California Federation of Teachers Urges No on Prop 45, The Corporate Polluting Projects Pollution</h4>

<p><strong>Oil and gas companies, for-profit utilities and data center developers are spending millions to limit oversight and public input.</strong></p><p>The corporations behind Proposition 45 say it simply “expedites environmental review for certain projects.” It may sound harmless, but the truth is that corporations funding this ballot measure don’t want to disclose their other projects.</p>

<h4>Prop 45 Creates a Corporate Loophole to Fast-Track Gas Pipelines, Data Centers and More</h4>

<p>Opponents of Proposition 45, which creates new rules under the California Environmental Quality Act for some building projects, are arguing the so far well-polling ballot measure would grease the skids for the construction of data centers, which poll very badly.</p><p>The allegation comes as a large and growing coalition of environmental groups, joined by some labor unions and the California Democratic Party, mount a pitched campaign against what they call a corporate power grab clothed as an affordability measure.</p>

<h4>Data centers’ deep political unpopularity enters debate over CEQA reform measure</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>SACRAMENTO </strong></span>– Saying it “would create significant legal uncertainties that are likely to embroil local governments in additional litigation for decades to come,” a <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/JRFkKxmbh3N?e=cb774f6401&amp;c2id=c7197024013bbc7ff85c135ecc382143">new report</a> from the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) is urging rejection of Proposition 45, the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, clean water and public health laws.</p>

<h4>Report: Prop 45 Endangers California's Rural Communities<br></h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> – In response to the <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/dPcjK2pa83L?e=8a11845c0a&amp;c2id=531bbc4f2864c8729264b5e55aad560f" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PPIC poll</a> released today, the No on Prop 45 Campaign released the following statement:</p><p>PPIC’s new poll has support for Proposition 45 below 50 percent — a <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/fvUwsKaH7Y9?e=8a11845c0a&amp;c2id=531bbc4f2864c8729264b5e55aad560f" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stunning decline</a> of 24 percentage points in just weeks.&nbsp;</p><p></p>

<h4>PPIC Poll Finds Prop 45 Under 50%</h4>

<p><strong>DATA DEBATE:</strong> A new front is opening in the war over data centers. Opponents of Proposition 45, a ballot measure to overhaul California’s landmark environmental law, are seizing on bipartisan backlash to AI infrastructure to argue that the measure could help developers fast-track their construction.</p>

<h4>Data Center Debate Comes for Prop 45</h4>

<p>Prop 45 doesn’t include a single requirement to lower your housing costs or utility bills. Instead, it shifts costs onto you: when polluters aren’t required to clean up their pollution, taxpayers pay to remove cancer-causing chemicals from our drinking water and contaminated lands. The independent non-partisan Legislative Analyst's Office estimates Prop 45 could cost taxpayers as much as $100 million every year.</p>

<h2>It isn’t about affordability and costs taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.</h2>

<p>The special interests behind Prop 45 – including oil and gas companies, utilities, and data center developers – are dead-set on dismantling California’s existing protections for our air, water, and health and leaving taxpayers stuck with cleanup bills. &nbsp;The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates Prop 45 could cost taxpayers more than $100 million per year. Here’s the truth about what this dangerous measure would mean for our state.</p>

<h4>Three Key Facts About Prop 45 The CalChamber Doesn't Want Voters To Know</h4>

<p><strong>SACRAMENTO, Calif</strong>. — An enthusiastic crowd of diverse stakeholders gathered on the West Steps of the California State Capitol on August 5 to oppose Proposition 45, the November ballot measure coalition members are calling the Corporate Polluting Projects Prop. Speakers from environmental justice, public health, and conservation organizations warned that the measure would strip away decades of public oversight over harmful industrial projects and hand more power to corporate polluters.</p>

<h4>Diverse Coalition Rallies at State Capitol to Oppose Prop 45, the Corporate Polluting Projects Prop</h4>

<p>The loopholes in Prop 45 empower corporations and oil, gas and electric utilites to fast-track projects like:</p><p>Data Centers <br>Forest Clear-Cutting<br>Dams<br>CO2 Pipelines<br>Freeway Expansions<br>Landfill Gas Facilities<br>Luxury Housing in High Risk Fire Areas<br></p>

<h2>Fast-tracks costly polluting projects.</h2>

<p>Proposition 45 begins with a diagnosis that is difficult to dispute: California has forgotten how to build, and the friction of regulation is too burdensome, resulting in delays and inflated costs. Useful infrastructure gets caught in procedural thickets that raise costs without always producing better outcomes. There is clearly appeal to a ballot measure promising faster environmental review.</p><p><strong>The problem is that Proposition 45 is far less careful than the sales brochure might lead you to believe.</strong></p>

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