Utilities, Developers, and Tech Companies Spend Millions to Pass Proposition 45

by Liza Gross | Nov 4, 2026 | ballot measure, California, California Environmental Quality Act, data centers, elections, Environment, Environmental Racism, environmental review, Indigenous Rights, Infrastructure, News, Oil and Gas Industry, Proposition 45, Tribal Rights, utilities

Political action committees funded by technology companies, the state’s major utilities and other corporate interests have spent several million dollars more to pass a ballot measure that would greenlight major development projects with minimal environmental or public review than public interest and labor groups have spent opposing it. Developers and other corporate interests aim to…
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