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Voters rejected Prop. 45. The battle over California’s housing crisis continues

Proposition 45 promised to make it easier to build housing in California by overhauling CEQA, but it divided advocates. Why did voters reject it, and what happens next?

Lila Seidman

Original contributor via Los Angeles Times

| November 11, 2026 | 1 min read | Updated Nov 11, 11:00 PM

Voters rejected Prop. 45. The battle over California’s housing crisis continues — Image supplied with the source report: Los Angeles Times.

Proposition 45 promised to make it easier to build housing in California by overhauling CEQA, but it divided advocates. Why did voters reject it, and what happens next?

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