magazine, commented on the use of CEQA for other than environmental reasons: "But it's easier to build in Texas. It is. And maybe we could change that. But you know what? The trouble is the political climate, that's just kind of where we are. Very hard to — you can't change CEQA [the California Environmental Quality Act]. BP: Why not? JB: The unions won't let you because they use it as a hammer to get project labor agreements." In 2022, the potential environmental impact of a larger incoming undergraduate class, combined with lack of timely environmental review, resulted in a successful lawsuit and court injuction against UC Berkeley. The university said it might have to rescind admission to about a third of its incoming students, but in the end successfully lobbied the state legislature to modify the law to give it more time to perform the required review. In 2022, CEQA was successfully used by NIMBYs to block the creation of 500 homes on a Nordstroms valet parking lot next to a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in San Francisco. See also California Environmental Protection Agency References Further reading Fulton, W; Shigley, P Guide to California Planning Third Edition, (2005) Point Arena, California CEQA at 40: A look back, and ahead—materials from a conference held at UC Davis School of Law, November 4, 2011 Cecily Talbert Barclay; Daniel J Curtin; Matthew S Gray California Land Use and Planning Law, (2012) Point Arena, California External links California Natural Resources Agency, CEQA site Governor's Office of Planning and Research, CEQA site Environmental Quality Act, California United States state environmental legislation Environment of California 1970 in law 1970 in California 1970 in the environment Environmental impact in the United States