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Gavin Newsom: “We did the most consequential housing reforms on infill and…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Newsom cuts red tape, helping build more affordable housing

Published | Video Starts at 26:47

And we were able to achieve that together rather audaciously. I know it wasn't the way you always want it, not in a budget, certainly, but we got it done in the budget. And We did the most consequential housing reforms on infill and seek reform in California's history last year. And what was remarkable about that, it's the old adage, once the mind is stretched, it never goes back to its original form. After all the friction, the frustration around that, you all came back. (26:47–26:54)

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Asserts that significant housing reforms on infill and CEQA were achieved in California last year.

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