A YES vote on this measure means: Certain public and private projects would be eligible for new project review and court challenge procedures. For example, new procedures would tighten time limits for environmental review and reduce the scope of what courts can consider when reviewing legal challenges.

LENGTHY DELAYS AND RED TAPE ARE BLOCKING ESSENTIAL PROJECTS & DRIVING UP OUR COST OF LIVING. Families cannot afford to live in California because we are failing to deliver the basics. California’s outdated system for approving essential housing, water, clean energy, roads, schools, hospitals, and wildfire prevention projects is too slow, too bureaucratic, and too costly—driving up the cost of living for everyone. Endless delays, red tape, and frivolous lawsuits make life more expensive and block the projects Californians need—driving up costs for housing, electricity, and water; wasting taxpayer dollars; worsening wildfire risk; increasing traffic; overcrowding schools; and delaying hospital and infrastructure upgrades. PROP. 45 LOWERS OUR HIGH COST OF LIVING BY MAKING IT FASTER & LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD ESSENTIAL PROJECTS. Prop. 45 streamlines approvals by setting enforceable timelines for project approvals; requires courts and government agencies to base decisions on the laws and regulations in place when the project application is submitted; and creates a faster, more predictable process for legal challenges while reducing frivolous lawsuits. PROP. 45 STREAMLINES CALIFORNIA’S MOST-PRESSING ESSENTIAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING: • Water quality and supply projects • Hospitals and healthcare facilities • Housing, including homes and apartments • Wildfire prevention • Schools and classrooms • Roads, bridges and transit • Clean energy and electric grid reliability infrastructure PROP. 45 WILL: REDUCE THE COST OF HOUSING. Permitting delays add more than $75,000 to the cost of a new home. Prop. 45 will help lower rents and mortgages and save families tens of thousands of dollars on a home purchase. LOWER ELECTRICITY COSTS. Delays in building clean energy and electric grid infrastructure drive up electricity costs for working families. Prop. 45 helps lower electricity costs. PROTECT TAXPAYERS. Lengthy delays drive massive cost overruns on public projects—roads, schools, hospitals, water systems, and wildfire prevention—costing taxpayers billions more. Prop. 45 cuts costly delays, reduces costs, and helps keep projects on time and on budget. CREATE GOOD-PAYING JOBS AND STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY. Prop. 45 will create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and billions in economic activity. PROP. 45 MAINTAINS CALIFORNIA’S STRONGEST-IN-THE-NATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS. California should not have to choose between protecting the environment and building the essential projects we need. Under Prop. 45, projects must comply with all of California strong environmental laws protecting our air, water, wildlife, and health. Prop. 45 does not exempt a single project from environmental review. PROP. 45 PROTECTS COMMUNITY INPUT AND LOCAL DECISION MAKING. Under Prop. 45, cities and counties retain full authority to approve or deny projects, and residents keep a meaningful voice in decisions affecting their communities. AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS, WATER PROVIDERS, CLEAN ENERGY LEADERS AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS SUPPORT PROP. 45. Prop. 45 is supported by a broad coalition of organizations, including: • American Clean Power—California • California League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) • NAACP California/Hawaii State Conference • California Taxpayers Association • Environmental Policy Innovation Center YES ON PROP. 45 TO BUILD A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA. Every year of delay means Californians wait longer and pay more for the essential projects we need. It’s time to cut red tape, protect our environment and build the projects California needs to make life more affordable. VOTE YES ON PROP. 45. YESonProp45.com Ann-Louise Kuhns, President California Children’s Hospital Association Jennifer Capitolo, Executive Director California Water Association Jenna Abbott, Executive Director California Council on Affordable Housing REBUTTAL TO ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION 45 PROPOSITION 45 WON’T LOWER YOUR COSTS. It doesn’t require a single project to lower your rent, your mortgage, or your utility bills. 45’s corporate funders profit while you bear the cost of their pollution. PROP. 45 DOESN’T DELIVER AN AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA. IT LIMITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC REVIEW AND RISKS PUBLIC HEALTH. Prop. 45 could have been about building what California needs. It isn’t. Funded by gas and electric utilities and corporate PACs, Prop. 45 cuts their costs, not yours. Prop. 45 flips California law to protect their projects, harming public health and our air and water. PROP. 45 PUTS YOUR HEALTH AT RISK AND STICKS YOU WITH THE BILL. Weaker environmental review means more pollution near homes and schools, more asthma and more emergency-room visits. When polluters don’t clean up, taxpayers and ratepayers pay more to cover the costs. PROP. 45 TAKES AWAY PUBLIC INPUT. It limits the environmental review of new projects and your right to provide input and be heard. 45 even gives developers new rights to challenge cities and counties, while making it more difficult for project opponents to successfully challenge an agency’s decision. Prop. 45 rewrites the rules that govern how California protects its citizens from the harm caused by major developments. Prop. 45 weakens environmental safeguards and radically shifts power to corporate polluters. Protect your air quality, your drinking water, your family’s health, your tax dollars, and your right to be heard. Join nurses, community and public health advocates. VOTE NO ON PROP. 45. www.NoProp45CA.com Chris Tarver, R.N., President American Nurses Association, CA Vanessa Forsythe, RN California Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice Martha Arguello, Executive Director Physicians for Social Responsibility, LA