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November 2026 · CalChamber Initiative 25-0023A1

They Pollute.
You Pay.

The Cal­Chamber's billion-dollar ballot measure would gut California's bedrock environmental law — written and bankrolled by the utilities, billionaires, and developers whose projects it would exempt from review.

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Paid for by Planning and Conservation League
$10,000,000Building a Better California(Sergey Brin · Michael Moritz)·$2,000,000Edison International & Affiliated Entities·$525,000California Building Industry Association(Lennar · KB Home)·$250,000Modern Infrastructure Alliance Action Fund(Prologis)·$250,000Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation·$150,000CA Business PAC·$100,000Agricultural Council of California Issues PAC(Land O' Lakes)·$50,000Associated General Contractors PAC·$25,000California Assisted Living Association·$20,000California Business Properties Association Issues PAC·$10,000,000Building a Better California(Sergey Brin · Michael Moritz)·$2,000,000Edison International & Affiliated Entities·$525,000California Building Industry Association(Lennar · KB Home)·$250,000Modern Infrastructure Alliance Action Fund(Prologis)·$250,000Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation·$150,000CA Business PAC·$100,000Agricultural Council of California Issues PAC(Land O' Lakes)·$50,000Associated General Contractors PAC·$25,000California Assisted Living Association·$20,000California Business Properties Association Issues PAC·

What changes if it passes

Under CEQA today, vs. if they pass it.

Under CEQA today

  • Public hearings before major projects break ground
  • Tribal consultation on ancestral lands and sacred sites
  • Environmental-justice review in overburdened communities
  • Judicial review when agencies cut corners
  • Public access to project records and impact analyses

If they pass the CalChamber measure

  • Developers self-certify their own environmental reviews
  • Tribal consultation gutted for whole project categories
  • Frontline communities lose the right to weigh in
  • Lawsuit immunity for projects the measure exempts
  • Records sealed under "streamlined approval" loopholes

What they want to exempt from review

Three project categories.
One quiet rollback.

$0.00M

raised by the YES side

0+

organizations opposed

0+

projects shaped by CEQA since 1970

161

days until Election Day

Follow the money

Who is paying
for this measure?

The utilities and developers whose projects would be exempted are funding the measure that would exempt them. Cal-Access committee #1484853 has raised $13.37M from a small handful of donors.

"Ad Committee's Top Funders: Building a Better California, Edison International & Affiliated Entities, California Building Industry Association."

— from the YES campaign's own footer disclosure

  • Building a Better California

    Sergey Brin · Michael Moritz

    $10,000,000

  • Edison International & Affiliated Entities

    $2,000,000

  • California Building Industry Association

    Lennar · KB Home

    $525,000

  • Modern Infrastructure Alliance Action Fund

    Prologis

    $250,000

  • + 6 more donors

Endorsed by

200+ organizations.
One coalition.

Planning and Conservation LeagueSierra Club CaliforniaNatural Resources Defense CouncilEnvironmental Defense FundEarthjusticeCalifornia League of Conservation VotersAmerican Lung Association in CaliforniaCalifornia Environmental Justice Alliance

+ and 24 more across health, labor, tribal, civic, faith, and business sectors.

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From the sponsor

"California's environmental laws were written so that the people who breathe the air and drink the water have a seat at the table. This measure quietly takes that seat away — and hands it to the people writing the check."
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Planning and Conservation League

California's senior environmental advocate since 1965•pcl.org

Match the $10M

They have billionaires.
We have Californians.

Every dollar goes to outreach in the communities the CalChamber measure would silence — Inland Empire warehouse towns, Central Valley farmworker districts, and the asthma corridors of Wilmington, Richmond, and Bayview.

$25

Funds a yard sign for a Stockton volunteer

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$100

Buys a stack of flyers for a Wilmington precinct walk

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$250

Sponsors a clinic visit for a frontline asthma family

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