Civil/Environmental engineer here. No. And... I can't even imagine a way to bring hope or scale to the process. I appreciate the question, but it made me lau

Civil/Environmental engineer here. No. And... I can't even imagine a way to bring hope or scale to the process. I appreciate the question, but it made me laugh. ...The best thing we could do would be to lobby to get regulators to: - increase the number and type of CEQA exemptions. - Add mandatory automatic approvals on things if there's no response after x number of days. CDFW does this sort of thing for Lake and Streambed Alteration Notifications. If they don't get back to you within 90 days, you get automatic approval. It's a beautiful thing. In practice, it keeps the agency running with much improved efficiency. They still try to stall occasionally by declaring your application "incomplete" for bullshit reasons, but that only resets the clock another 90 days, and if you respond with all requested information, they can't do shit. But... the political climate in CA is relatively unfavorable to such things. Lots of NIMBY's and environmental groups will oppose it.