The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - Chapter  22 shortened the Coastal Commission ’s housing permit review times under the Permit Streamlining Act, generally from 180 to 90 days. Chapter  22 also amended the Coastal Act to prohibit appeals of local permits for multifamily housing (four or more units) in the coastal zone on the basis of the project being located in a sensitive coastal resource area or not being the principally permitted use.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575