Now this you literally can’t make up California Democrats exempted themselves from environmental regulations for their Capitol renovations Gavin Newsom quietly rushed through a bill and then threatened to veto the budget unless the exemptions were passed - 2024 Exemption (SB 174/AB 174): In June 2024, as part of the state budget, lawmakers rushed through a bill exempting the entire Capitol annex renovation from CEQA requirements -Then again in 2025 2025 CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Reforms: In June–July 2025, Newsom signed two Democratic-led bills rolling back the California Environmental Quality Act for multiple project types, including state office buildings like the Capitol annex - Newsom pushed these changes aggressively, threatening to veto the budget without them, calling California Environmental Quality Act roll backs “the Lord’s work” (What a narcissist) Environmental groups opposed the Gavin Newsom’s rollbacks, arguing they silence community input Gavin Newsom is the one who actually thinks he’s a king California’s Capitol renovations originally were supposed to cost around $543 million, the project has escalated to over $1.3 billion. Some reports cite $1.5 billion as of 2025 and they’re not even close to being done Sounds like another massive Democrat money laundering operation