Measure to overhaul California’s bedrock environmental law fails

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California voters have rejected an attempt to overhaul and roll back decades-old environmental rules to make it easier to build highways, housing, and clean energy projects.

Known as Proposition 45, the proposed changes to California’s Environmental Quality Act failed with 55.9% of voters rejecting the measure, with 77% of the votes in as of Monday morning, according to the Associated Press.

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