California SB344: California Environmental Quality Act: City of San Diego: mixed-use development project.

What the bill says

An act to add Section 21080.77 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. environmental quality, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately California Environmental Quality Act: City of San Diego: mixed-use development project…

From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:

An act to add Section 21080.77 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. environmental quality, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately California Environmental Quality Act: City of San Diego: mixed-use development project. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. This bill would provide that a specified City of San Diego environmental impact report for a mixed-use development project, known as the Midway Rising project, is deemed sufficient, adequate, and complete for full compliance with CEQA and that any approval of the project may rely conclusively on that report for compliance with CEQA. The bill …

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Sponsors

• Akilah Weber Pierson (D, SD39) · primary sponsor
• Padilla, Stephen (D, SD18)
• Ward, Christopher (D, AD78)

Latest actions

1. September 29, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 786, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 29, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 8, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 30, 2026: Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 6860.) Ordered to the Senate.
5. August 30, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
6. August 30, 2026: In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
7. August 30, 2026: Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
8. August 28, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. August 27, 2026: From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
10. August 27, 2026: From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 27).

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB344 Weber Pierson et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence (August 30, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• SB 344 Weber Pierson Third Reading Urgency By Ward (August 30, 2026): 72 yea, 2 nay, passed
• Do pass. (August 27, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (July 16, 2025): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (July 1, 2025): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB344 Weber Pierson (May 15, 2025): 34 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB344?

SB344 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): California Environmental Quality Act: City of San Diego: mixed-use development project.

What does SB344 do?

In its own words: An act to add Section 21080.77 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. environmental quality, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately California Environmental Quality Act: City of San Diego: mixed-use development project…

What is the status of SB344?

Chaptered as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 786, Statutes of 2026. (September 29, 2026).

Who sponsored SB344?

Akilah Weber Pierson (D, SD39), with 2 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB344?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB344