The reason that labor unions can so easily hold up projects with frivolous objections dates back to 1970, and the passage of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).Not just unions, but any group that can find a lawyer and one of these 'self-litigating' clauses. Happens all the time. Developers need more than one lawyer, they need consultant, community advocates, favorite politicians, and much more.
CEQA was originally intended to safeguard California's natural environment from state-sponsored development projects by requiring that government agencies study projects they undertake for any significant environmental impacts.
Should significant impacts be found, the agency in question was required to mitigate them before moving ahead with the project. The law was also written to be self-executing, meaning that it is ultimately enforced by litigation from citizens "or the threat thereof."
This self-litigation is a scam run by lawyers on simple minded Hispanic legislatures. Checks and balances are gone, the legislature just assigns a self-litigating clause and lawyers begin to scoop up real bucks, housing is in short supply. We need higher quality legislatures.
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