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• Dan Dunmoyer, President CBIA
• Nathan Keith, Tejon Ranch
• Tom Grable , Thomas Grable & Associates
• Recap of 4th Quarter Events
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BIASC Chair & CEO Joint Message:
2026: Ending the Housing Tug of War
Dear Members,
As we are early in 2026, we find ourselves at a historical turning point.
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Jeff Montejano BIASC Chief Executive Officer
For too long, our industry has been locked in an exhausting “housing tug of war,” battling a regulatory environment that ranks California #1 in project denials, litigation, and land costs. We have watched 20 years of incremental policy reform fail to deliver housing at scale.
But 2026 is different. This year presents a unique convergence of critical policy shifts that demand our undivided attention and a united front. We are done observing the landscape; we are actively shaping it to ensure the survival and prosperity of your business.
To win this fight, we need two things: Your Voice and Your Partnership.
1. Your Voice Matters:
Whether you are a builder or an associate, your engagement is the fuel for our advocacy. We are mobilizing to defeat “Housing Killers” like the State’s new Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) mandates and to pass the “Building an Affordable California Act” to reform the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). We cannot turn this tide without you standing with us in the halls of government. This year offers a great opportunity to get involved and help shape public policy that affects the homebuilding industry.
2. Do Business with Members:
BIASC is proud to host the most entertaining networking events in Southern California. From our high-energy regional meetups to our signature industry shows, we provide the premier platform for members to do business with members. These aren’t just social gatherings; they are the engine of our industry’s economy, designed to help you build the relationships that will sustain your business through 2026 and beyond.
The Call to Action: We hope you can attend our events, expand your network, and lend your voice to our advocacy. Let’s make 2026 the year we stop reacting to the landscape and start defining it.
Thank you for your continued support and involvement with BIASC.
Sincerely,
Jeff Montejano Chief Executive Officer, BIASC
Mike Balsamo 2025 Chair, BIASC | Rancho Mission Viejo
BIASC Letter from the Editor:
2026: Another Pivotal Year For the Building Industry
The weather in early 2026 has been unseasonably warm is that foretelling a hot year of issues ahead? Whether it is or not, the issues will indeed be hot, as the Perfect Storm we identified five years ago, back in 2021, continues to roar around our industry.
In this issue of Southern California Builder, we look ahead to the policy issues we’ll be tracking in our never-ending battles to protect the industry. A break would be nice, but that’s not the nature of the business of building homes in California.
Of course, we’re in an election year, which means your PAC contributions are as important as they’ve ever been. As described in the pages that follow, there’s a new generation of moderate democrats in Sacramento Tom Grable terms them Abundance Democrats whose campaigns we’ll be monitoring closely to see if their positions on housing policy reform align with ours. And your support will also be needed for the ballot initiative the California Chamber of Commerce is working to qualify for the November ballot, with CBIA support, that proposes to finally significantly de-weaponize CEQA.
And that’s just the beginning! Here are the other Perfect Storm elements we’ll be describing in this issue, with policy perspectives from CBIA’s Don Dunmoyer and our own Tom Grable, and an on-the-ground perspective with Nathan Keith of Tejon Ranch Company’s proposed Centennial masterplanned community.
Vehicle Miles Traveled: When last year’s legislature tried to act like housing advocates, they ended up passing last-minute, little-understood VMT measures that make any development outside of transit-close, urban core projects economically infeasible. Fixing that mess isn’t going to be easy, but it is our top priority for 2026.
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CEQA Reform: While the piecemeal, carve-out loosening of CEQA that has occurred in the last couple of legislative sessions is better than nothing, it’s hardly enough. So, in addition to supporting the CalChamber initiative, we will be looking to our members to help us move good CEQA reform bills forward and stop the progress of the expected raft of bills that will only worsen CEQA’s impediments.
Insurance Last year saw some steps in the right direction toward meaningful insurance reform, but even those measures are being challenged, and greater reforms are needed. We can’t sell houses that can’t be insured, or can’t be insured at a cost buyers can afford, so we’ll be working in 2026 to build on the progress made last year.
Energy For a couple decades, smart people have warned that California’s fixation with converting everything to from carbon to electric ignores the inadequacies of the state’s electricity grid. Despite these warnings, California has continued to reduce our electricity generating capability, and now we’re stuck with new homes that can’t be sold because there’s no power for them. We’ll be shining a light on this problem in 2026.
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Impact Fees
They’re back. Many municipalities throughout the region are once again ignoring the requirement that there be a nexus between impact fees, a development’s actual impacts, and the actual costs of mitigating those impacts. There’s no easier way to add tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of a home than runaway impact fees, so that’s one more issue we’ll be challenging in 2026.
BIASC has a great record of cutting a path through threats like this, but it never gets any easier. We need you more than ever, so read this issue to get up to date on the issues and join our digital advocacy team so we have not just right on our side, but also numbers.
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Our New BIASC Team Member
Shannon Widor Chief Public Affairs Officer
Joining the BIASC to strengthen communications and advocacy efforts is Shannon Widor, the organization’s new Chief Public Affairs Officer. He brings more than 26 years of experience in communication strategy, government and media relations, public policy, public information campaigns, and crisis communications.
A public affairs veteran across Southern California, Shannon has led communication efforts in industries including utilities, transportation, land-use planning, real estate, telecommunications, healthcare, and education. He has supported organizations such as the County of Orange, Southern California Edison, Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), T-Mobile, the City of Irvine, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), and Eastern Municipal Water District.
Most recently, Shannon served more than 11 years as Strategic Communications Officer for OC Public Works at the County of Orange, managing outreach for major infrastructure projects and acting as Public Information Officer during emergencies. He also previously worked on Southern California Edison’s public affairs team and spent a decade at public affairs firms in Orange County and the Inland Empire.
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Sacramento Perspective: After 2025’s Wins, CBIA Is Pushing for More
Last October in Sacramento, the legislative and regulatory experts at the California Building Industry Association (CBIA) began planning for 2026, honing their plans to promote initiatives that will make homebuilding less challenging while combatting unfavorable legislation and regulatory actions. Heading the effort was Dan Dunmoyer, CBIA’s President and CEO. The son of a small home builder from Southern California and a veteran of California public policy issues, Dunmoyer shared his perspective on the year ahead with Southern California Builder.
Southern California Builder: Many of us have seen CBIA in action and have worked closely with you on important issues, but we may not know how CBIA gears up for a new year. What goes on within your offices as you prepare for a new legislative session?
Dan Dunmoyer: We started planning for this year back in October. 2025 was a very successful year for us. We were able to enact four new permit reform laws that will reduce approval timeframes and complexity, thanks to Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’s leadership as chair of the Appropriations Committee. So, we reviewed what we accomplished and how things have changed, and then turned to our members, who provided about 15 different policy ideas from builders, local associations, and other parties involved with the association.
The Legislative Task Force of the Government Affairs Committee reviewed all these concepts and made a recommendation to the Government Affairs Committee, which then went to the Board, which in mid-December identified the top priorities for 2026. Through that process, we are now focused on three issues, compared to last year, when we technically had eleven sponsored bills. Our focus narrowed in large part because we have a competitive governor’s race that’s going to require significant time to ensure the right governor gets across the finish line.
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SCB: Before we turn to 2026, let’s look at what was accomplished in 2025.
DD: Assemblymember Wicks was focused on permit reform, not just for housing, but for all the other government permits businesses are trying to secure. Nearly all business entities that work with the government are frustrated by wrangling with the permitting processes. Her focus enabled us to move forward with the successes we achieved in positive permit reform.
There was one other key win last year which was to pause for six years any changes to the California code-making process from the current every 18 month change. In addition to the code pause, builders can use the same plans for up to ten years without having to constantly reconfigure them with new architectural designs and engineering. That was a massive win for us, and the credit goes to Speaker Robert Rivas.
SCB: So, what did the CBIA Board set as the industry’s priorities for 2026?
DD: Let’s start with Vehicle Miles Traveled, or VMT, which is a hidden tax on a home that punishes somebody based on where they live. The irony of this is that the more fees and hurdles you put on housing, the farther away from downtown a new home has to be built to make it more attainable, and the more miles they end up traveling. Charging a fee based on where someone lives in no way dictates how they drive. You could work from home, and your neighbor could commute 2,000 miles a week and another just 50, and yet Sacramento assumes that everybody who lives in the same neighborhood has the same commute. This is because they don’t want to directly tax the driver, which is politically unpopular, so they hide the tax in new housing.
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There are two approaches to reforming VMT. The first, the one we support, is to just change the concept altogether. If the government wants to tax vehicles, no problem. Just don’t tax the home, because that tax is as much as $300,000 a home, which is absurd. The second approach is to fix one of the flaws of AB 130, which created a new VMT concept by adding a fee to fund affordable housing in the urban core. But the price tag associated with this approach was astronomical, so we want it to be voluntary. If this fee works for the builder and the city, they should be able to opt into it voluntarily.
VMT doesn’t work. If you look at the demographics, the people who live the farthest from work in California, where VMT adds the most cost, are people of color. This creates what we call a disparate impact. In short, the VMT fee impact falls primarily on Latino and African American communities, not on urban elites and older white males in the downtowns of Santa Monica, San Diego, or San Francisco.
SCB: So what’s next after VMT for 2026?
DD: We’re looking at two different legislative proposals that got stalled last year. One of them would limit plan checks to just two, allowing the plan approval process to move quicker. That’s important because today, if a builder goes to a city with plans for a house they’ve built 5,000 times before they shouldn’t be put through the wringer to get it approved. The idea behind this bill is simple: Government needs to get its act together so a plan can clear plan check in no more than two passes. Every other state in the nation does that.
The other legislation we’re sponsoring locks in place all state rules and regulations that exist at the commencement of a project so they can’t be changed during the life of the project. Items like rules, fees, species mitigations, water requirements, whatever their long list of issues are, they must stay constant. With this change in law, the people who finance projects will see stability in the process and will be more willing to finance them. We are hopeful that Buffy Wicks “Buffy the Delayer Slayer” will help us, along with other members to get the measure passed and eventually secure the governor’s signature.
So, that’s our pro-active strategy. On defense, there will probably be 200 bills we don’t like that we will be actively opposing, and then there’s doing all we can to get the right governor elected so we can get things done for the next eight years.
SCB: Is CEQA reform on the agenda for 2026?
DD: It is. We won some significant CEQA streamlining reforms in 2025, but those reforms were limited to urban infill projects near transit and under 85 feet tall. That covers only about 10% of our housing projects, leaving 90% outside of that scope. In 2026, we will be pushing hard for similar streamlining reforms for new suburban and exurban masterplanned communities outside the urban core through a statewide initiative sponsored by Cal Chamber and supported but numerous business groups including CBIA.
There are some real positives surfacing by numerous legislators as even Progressives are starting to talk about the need to reduce all these regulatory hurdles that hurt lower-income families. Governor Newsom is having to address that, and everybody who’s running for governor, left, center, or right, has housing as their number one issue. Even a Progressive like Ezra Klein, in his very influential book Abundance, is saying that overregulation of housing is a massive problem.
There also is a growing recognition that master-planned communities can be built to be fire-safe and more attainable for middle-class Californians. When you build urban infill, you might have 10% affordable, which is mandated, but the rest of the units are market rate, and it’s extremely expensive. Building over four stories requires steel, concrete, and union labor, which drives costs to $800-$1,200 a square foot. By contrast the same sized units can be built in the suburbs for a third or quarter of that price.
And it’s not like everybody wants to live downtown. People thought Millennials and Gen Zs would love to live in lofts downtown. Sure, some do if they’re a trust fund baby, or they have a super great job with Google or Facebook that pays $600,000 a year to a 25-year-old. But for the normal human being who’s 25, once they get married and have babies, the idea of saying, “Hey, kids, go out on the balcony and play” doesn’t work. Our customers are simply not buying the idea that the urban core is ideal for family life and they are pushing back.
The more voters push back on the politicians and say, we want to live in a master-planned community, we want to walk to school, walk to work, walk to the park, they want to have legally defined affordable apartments, market rate condominiums and senior housing, and shopping, and services, all within the same master-planned community, the more attractive the concept of new communities becomes.
SCB: We have a new Senate leader in Monique Limon. That’s makes her pivotal, so how will her rise to this position affect your agenda?
DD: That’s a good question about the unknown, because when people step into leadership, they often, and should, go beyond their own personal agendas. We are hopeful that we’ll be able to work well with her even though she has sponsored legislation that limits construction in her own district. The question is, will she apply those limitations statewide, or if she will she shift priorities so that what she opposed locally can still be built in other parts of the state. A positive sign is that she appointed Senator Jesse Arreguin, the pro-housing former mayor of Berkeley, as Chair of the Housing Committee.
SCB: Finally, let’s look at CBIA’s 2026 agenda for the regulatory agencies.
DD: It’s a smaller priority list, primarily because we have one more year left to try to work with this administration to remove harmful regulatory elements. Generally, we’re hopeful that the governor’s presidential ambitions will prompt him to address the state’s housing crisis. With VMT, for example, he has the power to narrow it to urban infill
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only, so we’re going to continue to ask him for that and reducing other overly broad regulations before he leaves office. Will he listen and follow through? We’ll see. But he should, because his biggest challenge is poverty and homelessness, which is now part of California’s image, and that can be most effectively addressed by removing regulatory burdens to make housing more affordable.
More specifically, we also will be very focused on proposed new vapor intrusion regulations. All dirt naturally has arsenic in it, and people build houses over that dirt around the world with no dire consequence. But leave it to California to say that we’re different from the rest of the world. Now our regulators want homebuilders to put in new layers of plastic to stop arsenic from leaching out of dirt, at a cost of $10,000 to $15,000 a home. We’re not talking about building on toxic waste sites this type of remediation is already required for these sites, we’re talking about building anywhere in California, and that’s a regulation we will definitely need to work against.
SCG: What can BIA members in Southern California do to help you in Sacramento?
DD: We need their help in promoting good state policies and being on the ground, in the trenches. They have been great advocates when we have a call to action on an issue, and we need that to continue. Also, they need to continue to support the election of pro-housing city councils and boards of supervisors, as many of these same elected officials graduate to state-level positions. And last but not least, work with us on some of these regulatory issues to ensure we have on-the-ground examples to persuade the regulators.
In closing, here’s the big picture, and it’s courtesy of our own Tom Grable: we don’t have a housing crisis; we have a housing policy crisis. You solve the housing crisis by focusing on the policies that work and removing those that harm homebuilding. Give our builders the chance to build, and they will build a lot of new housing, but if government continues to implement policies that impede housing, then we will continue to have a housing crisis. California has chosen to layer complexity on top of complexity, unmatched by anywhere else in the United States or the world, That means 2026 will be a year of addressing the policy crisis in order to help solve the housing crisis.
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A Leader’s Perspective: Tom Grable Finds Good in the Bad
Tom Grable is credited with coining the phrase that has come to describe why it’s so hard to get new housing approved in California: “California doesn’t have a housing crisis. It has a housing policy crisis.” He discussed how 2026 is shaping up with Southern California Builder.
Southern California Builder: Over the last decade while you’ve been in CBIA leadership, you have been focused on government affairs and issues that are challenging the industry. Have things gotten any better over that time?
Tom Grable: There are a lot of different ways to answer that question, but to put it most simply, things have gotten better, and they’ve gotten worse, despite our best efforts. But here’s the important thing: It’s worse in a good way, a way that’s given us hope that things could get better. California’s one party state system means that there’s only one agenda, only one ideology, only one set of policy goals without any sort of debate or discussion. If you have one party, it’s their way or the highway. And so, over the course of the past couple of decades, that has created a policy environment that is an echo chamber, leading to a lot of new regulations that were created to impede development.
What is good is that there is currently a push to make it easier to develop, as long as that development is steered into a very specific location infill. That’s a function of climate action, and most of us in our industry are not climate deniers, but we recognize that that’s the direction state policy takes at the expense of other things, like housing. It’s necessary, then, to push back against the concerted push to stop what they call sprawl at the expense of what we call well-planned suburban development in the interest of the people.
Let’s start with the basics: Is the sprawl accusation true? No, it’s not. In California, only 6.7% to 6.8% of the state’s land mass has been built on. In Florida it’s 15% and in Connecticut it’s 38% -- so we have lots of room to grow. Saying that
California is being paved over is complete nonsense, but it hasn’t stopped the electeds from pushing to stop any continued expansion of the urban boundary. Recently, a change has occurred, a new way of thinking as exemplified in Ezra Klein’s book Abundance, and it has created Abundance Democrats who are saying, “We’ve gone too far and have created a situation where our policy goals are having unintended consequences that harm the people we say we care about.”
SCB: Is this change in attitude enough to make a meaningful difference?
TG: I think it’s starting. There is a correction device that happens when things like this occur it’s called voting. When one team goes too far on something, we tell them we don’t like it and we’re going to go in a different direction instead. That’s what’s happening, and that’s what they’re afraid of. There’s a fight in Sacramento ideologically because the Progressives have been pushing so hard for so long. But the Abundance Democrats are pushing back, saying, “Hey, guys, you’re going to blow it here,” because they’re realizing that the reason why homes are unaffordable is because of bad housing policy, not because of the complete fallacy that greedy developers are charging more.
We’ve reached the point where the people are now telling me that many of the ideologs don’t want to endure that pain. We want to live in a society that has abundance, that has housing opportunities for our children, and safe schools and all those things are deteriorating because of bad policy. Finally, some in the legislature are taking it upon themselves to create legislation that will fix it.
SCB: But don’t they say the fix is just building in the urban core and assuring it through more bad policies like VMT?
TG: Any legislation that helps spur on housing is good, but
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focusing on the urban core is only going to spur on 10% of what you need, so it doesn’t fix anything. We have to increase the supply, and the only way to increase supply is to have a multi-pronged approach that would involve expanding the urban edge, even into wildland areas in some cases. That’s important to us, to the solution, but it puts politics and the environmentalists into it and it loses the support of many moderates.
SCB: VMT is now the main tool for keeping new development in the core. Where are we on resolving that?
TG: It’s … well, we don’t have swearing in this magazine, do we? It’s bad and it has to be fixed or it will fundamentally change the whole complexion of development of our state because AB 130 and SB 131 have virtually closed down greenfield development that isn’t already entitled. When those bills were approved by the legislature and signed by the governor, it was not done with transparency. When the language finally did become clear, there was a big push from BIASC and CBIA to change the language because we all knew that it was a poison pill. We made it very clear what the bills would do and they did not care. Now, with the end-of-session fog cleared, we’ve seen that people who were front and center in the process of getting those bills approved in the Assembly and Senate are now saying that they understand that it needs to be fixed, as do others in the legislature. But there are others in the legislature and the governor’s office who are saying, “No way. That’s exactly what we intended to do.” But if they push us into the urban core, they need to understand that building there is very expensive, and it’s uncertain because the infrastructure is old and buried, and you don’t know what you’re going to run into, or how much capacity it has.
SCB: That takes us naturally to the issue of CEQA reform.
TG: All these bills that are classified as pro-housing are just shooting holes in CEQA. Now there’s this movement, thanks to Abundance, that single-family zoning was done with racial intentions. I still haven’t seen complete evidence on that, but was it designed to control socioeconomic groups? Absolutely. There’s no question about that. And doesn’t that and all these exemption bills tell us that CEQA has outlived itself, that there’s something fundamentally wrong with it? Absolutely it does.
CEQA is considered to be this holy grail of all legislation, but what it’s become is a club that opposition groups use to either hold up or defeat projects, so it has gone beyond its shelf life and needs to be overhauled. Unfortunately, there is no political will to be the person who puts their name on that overhaul bill, which is why CBIA is supporting Cal Chamber’s effort to qualify
a CEQA reform initiative for the 2026 ballot. There are people who are more qualified than me to talk about the initiative where the language is now and where it’s going but what it really comes down to is who is contributing to the campaign, which is going to be expensive. There’s a fundraising effort going on for builders and BIAs statewide, and if you want CEQA reform, you need to think seriously about contributing to this effort because we’re talking about raising millions of dollars as an industry, and CalChamber is working on raising tens of millions of dollars to qualify and pass the initiative and reverse the erosion of our lifestyles in our state and return it to what it used to be.
Cal Chamber and CBIA were heartened by polling that shows that if people understand even a small part of what’s going on and how it affects them, then overhauling CEQA becomes something they support. If the initiative passes or if it scares the legislature into adopting serious and effective CEQA reform it absolutely will make a difference. It’s not about doing away with necessary things like traffic studies and mitigations, but rather, it would impose performance timeframes for a municipality to deem the application complete and further streamlining the process after that. The other thing that it does that’s super important is from a legal standpoint most simply, it makes changes that would put the legal process more in the applicant’s favor.
SCG: Finally, let’s look at the big picture. If you’re talking to somebody who’s thinking about going into this business, what do you tell them?
TG: Don’t! (laughs) Well, I mean, it’s really fascinating and can be very appealing to many people. When you think about it, we’re not really a technology business, despite using AI, 3D printing and all that. But honestly, the biggest technological tool that came to help our industry was back in 1954 when the pneumatic nail gun was invented. We are a people business that uses human capital and sells by building human relationships. So, someone going into this business needs to appreciate that, and will need to have an extraordinary amount of patience, and the ability to figure out a niche that works because, remember, we live in a California where it takes just as much effort to entitle ten homes as it does to entitle 100. But all of us in this industry talk about the reward the importance of providing homes, the feeling we get when families move in. Our business might not be rocket science, and it’s not for the faint of heart, but for those who have the stomach for it, it provides a level of personal rewards, of good feelings, that are hard to match. That’s another reason why we have to fight for it.
Developer’s Perspective Centennial: The Ultimate Case for CEQA Reform
Besides being the president of BIASC’s LA/Ventura Chapter which faces its own Perfect Storm of challenges
Nathan Keith is Senior Vice President of Real Estate for Tejon Ranch Company, where he is responsible for the entitlement of the proposed 19,000-home Centennial master-planned community. Centennial is, despite the best efforts of Nathan, his colleagues and dozens of the state’s leading experts, one of the foremost examples of how CEQA abuse can delay well-planned and much-needed new housing developments. He shared his perspective during a conversation with Southern California Builder.
Southern California Builder: For people who aren’t familiar with Tejon Ranch Company, tell us about the land and the developments proposed there.
Nathan Keith: Tejon Ranch Company was established in 1843 and is California’s largest private landholder, with 270,000 acres of contiguous land. Most of the land is in Kern County, with the remainder in North LA County. Over its history, the company has evolved from a farm and ranching business to a diversified real estate development corporation. Starting with the development of the Tejon Ranch Commerce Center at the base of the Grapevine in Kern County, the Company now has three proposed master-planned communities, including Centennial. A point of pride for the Company is our work with environmental groups to reach the Ranch-Wide Agreement in 2008, which permanently conserves 240,000 acres, or about 90 percent, of the Ranch.
SCB: So please provide some background on Centennial?
NK: The Centennial entitlement effort first launched in LA County around 2001 a quarter-century ago. Over the
course of those years, we’ve achieved some significant milestones, such as the adoption of the Antelope Valley Area Plan, which the LA Board of Supervisors passed in the mid-2010s. That plan dictates where growth should go and where open space should be and specifically recognizes Centennial as an economic opportunity area, within the LA County General Plan, which is also consistent with the Southern California Association of Government’s (SCAG) projections for where growth should take place in the region.
SCB: Did the plan for Centennial change to comply with the Antelope Valley Area Plan?
NK: Yes. The adoption of the Antelope Valley Area Plan was an important step in the overall entitlement process, and we adjusted the project to align with updated County policies. This required reducing aspects of the project’s scope. While it added time to an already lengthy approval process (an illustration of the extreme level of duplicative analysis required to approve large-scale developments in California), we believed it was important to engage constructively and do the work the right way. In the end, bringing Centennial into consistency with the Area Plan and General Plan strengthened the project, making it more defensible and better positioned for long-term success.
SCB: Centennial was approved by LA County nearly seven years ago. What’s happened since then?
NK: Like many large, complex projects in California, Centennial encountered CEQA litigation after approval, including review by the appellate court. The last seven years have been spent working through that litigation. The appellate court required us to complete further work, which is frustrating and adds time, but it is one of the
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steps in the California process and is simply the reality of developing housing at scale in our state today. These cases take years to work through the courts, and while that can be discouraging, it doesn’t stop a project. It just means continuing to do the work required to move it forward.
SCB: That’s dynamic seems like a perfect example of why CEQA reform is so necessary, isn’t it?
NK: It is. In the instance of Centennial, after approval, the project went through years of CEQA litigation involving multiple challenges, most of which were resolved in the County’s favor, which means in favor of our EIR and process. Ultimately, the appellate court ruled narrowly on a limited set of technical issues and required additional analysis. That outcome was frustrating, but again, it’s part of the process in California. What’s difficult is that, instead of being able to address those specific items and then move forward, the result was that all project approvals were set aside, requiring the entire project to return to the County for reapproval.
This is where the need for CEQA reform becomes clear. Even when a project prevails on the vast majority of issues, the current system can still force a full reset rather than allowing targeted fixes. It adds years of delay, increases costs, and makes delivering housing far more difficult. Ironically, it does all of this without demonstrably improving environmental outcomes.
SCB: CEQA is often described as a “four-letter word” in development circles. What does it actually look like on a large project?
NK: At this scale, CEQA isn’t a single approval but a long, iterative process. The company remains committed to Centennial, and we have clear direction from the appellate court on what needs to be addressed. Now, the challenge is to identify and execute the most effective and efficient path forward to obtain approvals for Centennial.
CEQA is especially challenging because of the uncertainty it introduces for developers. Outcomes can turn on technical issues and interpretation even when a project follows the rules, and the broad legal standing offered in California allows a wide range of parties to bring and continue litigation. That uncertainty affects more than land planning. It shapes investment decisions, capital allocation, and timelines. Ultimately, it also has a human cost, because
extended delays mean housing is not being delivered to markets that urgently need it.
SCB: There’s an ongoing debate in California about how housing demand should be met, particularly the role of suburban communities versus infill. How do you see that playing out?
NK: I think there’s truth on both sides. Urban and infill development are important parts of the solution, but they cannot meet California’s housing demand on their own. At Tejon Ranch, our approach is to plan communities around jobs, infrastructure, and amenities rather than endless subdivisions. At Tejon Ranch Commerce Center, for example, we are intentionally building a jobs hub first and then integrating housing, services, and amenities around it so people can live closer to where they work.
That same philosophy carries through to our larger masterplanned communities. Projects like Centennial are designed to be complete communities, with housing delivered alongside employment opportunities, transportation connections, open space, and everyday services. Addressing California’s housing shortage will require embracing that full mix, not forcing the market into a one-size-fits-all solution.
SCB: Do you have a start date for Centennial?
NK: Given the nature of CEQA documentation and litigation, it’s difficult to give a precise start date. We continue to move forward with the work needed to position Centennial for development, because the demand is real. California faces a significant housing shortage, and that gap keeps too many families locked out of homeownership. Developments like Centennial can and will help reduce the housing gap.
SCB: Let’s talk a little about the LA/Ventura Chapter and the issues it will be working on in 2026.
NK: One is the post-wildfire rebuild effort, which applies directly to a lot of our members, especially our subs, and is an area of concern for everyone. We need to find a way to process those permits quickly and rebuild because those are families that lost their homes need it. The loss of that many homes has created a stress in LA. County and even Orange County, with all those displaced families needing a place to live. The private-public partnerships with the County to expedite the rebuild effort has shown that when we all work together, great things can happen.
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2026: An Election Year with Major Stakes for Homebuilding in California
The year 2026 is a major election cycle not only in California, but across the United States with local, state and federal offices on the ballot.
Californians will vote on the gubernatorial election, seats in the State Assembly, and contribute to electing the state’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in the primary election in June, followed by the general election in November.
At the federal level, the 2026 midterm elections will shape which party controls the U.S. House and Senate, influencing national policy on housing, infrastructure and the economy. Recent Supreme Court rulings allowing California’s newly drawn congressional map to stand could tilt the state’s delegation and affect party control nationally.
So how can that affect homebuilding in Southern California?
Housing and Homebuilding Are Central Policy
Issues
Housing affordability and supply are increasingly central political issues heading into 2026. Congress is actively advancing bipartisan legislation aimed at boosting housing supply by reducing regulatory barriers and incentivizing construction — such as the Housing for the 21st Century Act and the ROAD to Housing Act.
In California, the political debate around housing is similarly intense. The state has a myriad of policy considerations in 2026, including the streamlining of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) initiative, faster permitting, and financial incentives for affordable housing, and has been investing billions in housing and infrastructure to reduce homelessness and expand homebuilding.
Additionally, down-ballot races — such as the Insurance Commissioner contest — have real implications for the industry. Rising insurance costs and market instability for property and casualty coverage, especially in wildfire-prone areas of Southern California, could influence development costs and feasibility.
Shannon Widor Chief Public Affairs Officer
Here’s a look at key issues affecting homebuilding this year:
• Elections Potential impact of upcoming elections on policies and decision-making
• State/Local VMT law
Regulations on vehicle miles traveled at the state and local levels
• State endangered species
Challenges related to protecting endangered species at the state level
• Energy connectivity/capacity
Issues with energy infrastructure and grid capacity
• Special districts
Challenges and delays in special districts’ decision-making and project implementation, as well as special district requests for fee increases.
• Rebuilding Los Angeles areas devastated by the 2025 fires
Impacts of insurance-related challenges and coordination among various government agencies.
Why 2026 Matters to the Homebuilding Industry
As we look toward 2026, the Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIASC) stands at a pivotal juncture. We have spent the last century building the communities that define our region, but the next few years will define whether we are permitted to continue that legacy.
The data is clear: California’s housing production has been in a decline, a trend that has accelerated over the last decade. While the demand for our product has never been higher— with 45% of California families reporting that housing costs place a significant strain on their finances—the regulatory headwinds we face are stiffer than ever.
Fixing the housing policy crisis requires more than just innovative design and efficient construction; it requires a
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political environment that allows us to build. The only way to change the policy is to change the policymakers. That is why the 2026 election cycle is not just another date on the calendar—it is a battle for our industry’s license to operate.
California 2026 Election
The mood of the electorate is shifting. Voters cite the cost of living and housing affordability as their top concerns. They are tired of the status quo. This creates an opening for candidates who run on a platform of supply and affordability—our platform.
The BIASC Political Action Committee (PAC) is our industry’s political insurance policy. Our mission is simple: support prohousing candidates and oppose anti-development agendas. We must elect leaders who understand that the solution to the housing crisis is building homes, not adding red tape.
How We Can Continue Taking Action
Given this dynamic and high-pressure environment, the BIA is working to proactively engage with candidates across key races to educate them on housing supply challenges and the industry’s priorities and support candidates who are supportive of the homebuilding effort.
We continue to track policy proposals and legislative calendars to anticipate regulatory shifts at state and federal levels. We’re also prepared to mobilize members and stakeholders around key issues like CEQA reform, VMT opposition, insurance regulation, permitting reform, infrastructure investment and workforce development. With strength in numbers, much like our membership, we are closely coordinating with our partners at the California BIA and the California Chamber of Commerce, among others.
The key word in all of this: Action (for our members).
By staying politically informed, organized and engaged throughout 2026, the BIA is working tirelessly to positively shape public policy, removes unnecessary or impractical barriers and bolster an environment that enables our members to do business and drive economic growth.
While the BIA has been a champion for its member for over a century, successful advocating for greater homeownership in Southern California, this year is lining up to be one of the most challenging years for the homebuilding industry in recent times.
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THE PERFECT Storm
The regulatory Perfect Storm that has rocked homebuilding in Southern California for decades is only getting stronger Just as one storm front is neutralized, two more appear on the horizon The threat remains so serious that, if this storm hits at full strength, it could undermine the very foundation of homebuilding in Southern California
Six converging storm fronts now threaten builder profitability. In the worst-case scenario, national builders may be forced to leave California for less regulated markets, while local builders could be pushed to scale back operations or close entirely.
BIA exists for challenges like this. For more than a century, our advocacy efforts at all levels of government have helped protect the industry by pushing back against the most damaging policies However, the challenges we face today are among the most significant we have ever encountered That is why BIASC has developed the Perfect Storm 2026 Educational Series to equip Builder Members, Associate Members, and their employees with the knowledge and motivation needed to speak out, act together, and secure real solutions
The Perfect Storm 2026 Educational Series is designed to help builders, associates, and their teams understand the legislative and regulatory threats facing the industry today, how those threats could impact business operations and staff, and how to become effective advocates in support of homebuilding.
ADVOCACY KEY ISSUES
Vehicle Miles Traveled – VMT standards are poised to severely impact housing construction in California The State has codified a greenhouse gas reduction framework that lacks a reasonable or practical foundation Early estimates indicate that the VMT framework could add hundreds of thousands of dollars in new mitigation costs per housing unit, causing many projects to become infeasible and significantly slowing growth statewide Litigation may be necessary These provisions are among several introduced under AB 130 that will challenge the industry despite their stated intent to help.
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) – For years, CEQA reform has been a stated priority in Sacramento Unfortunately, many “streamlining” efforts have resulted in additional requirements that make projects impossible to pencil While 2025 brought some limited progress, 2026 is expected to introduce a major reform proposal from the California Chamber of Commerce aimed at addressing the core problems of CEQA This effort will face significant opposition and attempted legislative undermining Strong vigilance will be required if meaningful reform is to be achieved.
Altadena Despite political promises and public attention, meaningful restoration remains far from complete and timelines continue to slip The homebuilding community must continue working with affected neighborhoods, local governments, the State of California, and the federal government to ensure recovery efforts are accelerated in 2026
Climate Action Plans (CAPs) – Jurisdictions across Southern California are expected to continue exploring Climate Action and Adaptation Plans in 2026 While these plans often appear reasonable on their face, their implementation frequently mirrors past housingunfriendly regional efforts such as Connect SoCal and the SoCal Greenprint. These policies have increasingly been used by environmental and NIMBY interests to block development. A notable example in 2025 was a City of Irvine proposal estimated to impose up to $4 billion in new costs on builders and residents.
Development Impact Fees (DIFs) – Municipal budgets throughout Southern California are under increasing strain, leading some jurisdictions to pursue substantial increases in development impact fees as a revenue source. California already has some of the highest DIFs in the nation, and further increases would significantly hinder the production of attainable housing BIASC has a strong record of limiting harmful fee increases, but 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most challenging years yet
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Check Out List of Events for 2023
Save the Date 2026 BIASC EVENTS
BIA Riverside Chapter Golf Tournament
January 21 BIASC Greater Sales & Marketing Council No Host Mixer
January 23 BIA Orange County Chapter Government Affairs Legislative Update
February 4
BIA Los Angeles / Ventura Chapter Golf Tournament
February 2 BIA Orange County Chapter Outlook 2026 Economic Forecast
Monday, June 12, 2023 To Be Announced
BIASC Customer Service Builders Council Breakfast: The New Metrics That Move CX
February 4 BIA Orange County NextGen Mentorship Kick-Off
BIA Orange County Chapter Whiskey Tasting Event
BIA Riverside County Chapter Annual Wine Event A p r i l
February 5 BIA Riverside County Chapter Brewery Networking Event
February 12 BIASC SAGE 55+ Housing Council Breakfast
June 1 2 June 1 5
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Dacor Kitchen Theater in Irvine
February 19 GSMC Site Tour: Discover Eastvale’s New Downtown
February 19 BIASC Coachella Valley Chapter Meet the Builder
February 25 BIA Los Angeles/Ventura County Chapter Brewery Networking Event
BIA Riverside & San Bernardino County Chapter Joint BBQ Networking Event
Thursday, July 13, 2023 To Be Announced
BIASC Special Evening with Industry Leaders
March 4
BIASC Greater Sales & Marketing Council Networking Event BIA Orange County Chapter Golf Tournament BIA San Bernardino County Chapter & BIA Riverside Chapter Joint Top Golf Event
February 26 BIA San Bernardino County Chapter Government Affairs “City Spotlight Series” Featuring City of Fontana
BIASC Inland Empire Emerging Leaders Virtual Morning Buzz
March 11 BIASC Customer Service Builders Council Breakfast
BIA Orange County Annual Baseball Night
March 12 BIA Orange County Chapter Scotch Networking Event
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Angels Stadium of Anaheim
March 18 BIASC Annual PAC Gala at Balboa Bay Resort
March 19 BIA Orange County NextGen Government Affairs Workshop
March 20 BIA Riverside County Chapter Annual Golf Tournament
BIA Los Angeles / Ventura Chapter Top Golf
March 26 BIA San Bernardino County Chapter Annual Bowling Madness Networking Event
July 1 3 July 1 8 July 2 7
Thursday, July 27, 2023 Top Golf in El Segundo
March 27 BIA Orange County Chapter Educational Workshop
April 8 BIA Los Angeles/Ventura County Chapter Virtual Government Affairs Workshop
April 16 BIASC SAGE 55+ Housing Council SAGE Awards Dinner *ALL DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
Thursday, August 17, 2023 Wilson Creek Winery August 1 7
Save the Date 2026 BIASC EVENTS
BIA Riverside Chapter Golf Tournament
April 29 BIA Riverside County Chapter Government Affairs Workshop
April 30 BIA Orange County Meet The Builder
Monday, April 17, 2023
April 1 7
Temecula Creek Golf Club
May 4 BIA Orange County Chapter Annual Golf Tournament
May 7 BIASC Coachella Valley Chapter Government Affairs Workshop
May 14
BIASC Customer Service Builders Council Breakfast
BIASC Greater Sales & Marketing Council Networking Event
May 14 BIA Orange County NextGen/BIA Inland Empire Emerging Leaders Happy Hour Diaper Drive
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 To Be Announced
May 20 BIASC Inland Empire Economic Update
May 21 BIASC SAGE 55+ Housing Council Breakfast
BIASC Special Evening with Industry Leaders
June 1 BIA Los Angeles/Ventura County Chapter Annual Golf Tournament
June 12 BIA Orange County Chapter Women’s Leadership Conference
Thursday, April 20, 2023
June 17 BIA San Bernardino County Chapter Top Golf Event
April 2 0
Richard Nixon Presidential Library
June 18 BIA Orange County NextGen Evening Buzz
June 23 BIA Orange County Chapter Angels Game vs. Orioles
June 24 BIA Riverside County Chapter Government Affairs Workshop
July 22
July 23
July 23
BIA Orange County Chapter Golf Tournament
July 8 BIA Orange County NextGen Mentorship Mid-Year Event
Monday, May 8, 2023
BIASC SAGE 55+ Housing Council Site Tour
Cota de Caza Golf & Racquet Club
BIASC Coachella Valley Chapter Summer Mixer
BIASC Customer Service Builders Council Happy Hour Summer Social
August 11 or 12 BIA Los Angeles/Ventura Chapter Dodgers Game
BIA San Bernardino County Chapter & BIA Riverside Chapter Joint Top Golf Event
August 13 BIA Orange County NextGen Cornhole Tournament
April 1 9 May 8 June 1
August 14
BIASBC & RC Joint Top Golf Event Top Golf in Ontario
BIASC Southern California Water Conference
August 20 BIA Riverside County Chapter Annual Wine Event
BIA Orange County Chapter Women in Leadership Conference
August 25 BIA San Bernardino County Chapter Virtual Government Affairs Workshop
Friday, June 9, 2023
City National Grove of Anaheim June 9
*ALL DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
HALL OF LEGENDS 2026
The call for nominations for the BIASC Hall of Legends Class of 2026 is now open!
This prestigious honor recognizes individuals within our association who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, dedication, and innovation in the building industry. You can help nominate such individuals.
All BIASC members are invited to submit nominations to their respective chapters or councils.
Submit nominations by May 15, 2026
Who should you nominate? Individuals who:
Displayed extraordinary leadership for BIASC and/or the building industry
Have longstanding and distinguished BIASC tenure
Demonstrated proven leadership within his/her company or the association
Delivered innovation that advanced the association, his/her company or our industry
Delivered great contributions to a community, a region, statewide, or nationally
Each chapter can nominate up to three (3) individuals and must include written submittals of nomination for each individual.
Inductees to be announced in June 2026.
Official recognition will occur at the BIASC IE Gala / Hall of Legends Dinner on September 2, 2026 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort in Indian Wells.
For details and to submit a nomination, contact Shannon Widor at
Save the Date 2026 BIASC EVENTS
September TBD BIA Orange County Chapter Elected Officials Reception
September 2
April
September 3
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BIA Riverside Chapter Golf Tournament
BIASC Building Industry Show
Monday, April 17, 2023
Temecula Creek Golf Club
BIASC Inland Empire Chapters & Regional Installation Gala
September 10 BIA Orange County NextGen Site Tour
BIASC Greater Sales & Marketing Council Networking Event
September 16 BIA Los Angeles/Ventura County Chapter Networking Event
September 18 BIA Orange County Annual Softball Tournament
September 23 BIASC Customer Service Builders Council Breakfast
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 To Be Announced
September 30 BIASC Riverside County & San Bernardino County Chapters Joint Event & Emerging Leaders Cornhole Tournament
October 1 BIA Orange County Chapter BITA Wine Event
October 7
April
BIASC Special Evening with Industry Leaders
Thursday, April 20, 2023
BIASC Greater Sales & Marketing Council Women in Leadership Breakfast
Richard Nixon Presidential Library
October 8 BIA Orange County NextGen Government Affairs Workshop
October 14
October 15
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BIASC Customer Service Builders Council Volunteer Opportunity
BIASC SAGE 55+ Housing Council Breakfast
BIA Orange County Chapter Golf Tournament
November 4 BIA Orange County NextGen Mentorship Wrap-Up
Monday, May 8, 2023
November 6 BIA Orange County Chapter Installation Gala
Cota de Caza Golf & Racquet Club
November 9 BIA Los Angeles/Ventura Chapter Trap Shoot Tournament
November 18 BIA Riverside County Chapter Virtual Government Affairs Workshop
November 19 BIA Los Angeles/Ventura County Chapter Installation Gala
BIA San Bernardino County Chapter & BIA Riverside Chapter Joint Top Golf Event
December 2 BIA Orange County NextGen Executive Committee Holiday Happy Hour
April 1 9 May 8 June 1
December 3
December 4
December 9
BIASBC & RC Joint Top Golf Event Top Golf in Ontario
BIASC Coachella Valley Holiday Mixer
BIASC SAGE 55+ Housing Council Think Tank
BIA Orange County Chapter Women in Leadership Conference
City National Grove of Anaheim June 9
Joint IE BIA Riverside County Chapter & BIA San Bernardino County Chapter Meet Your Elected Officials Mixer
Friday, June 9, 2023
*ALL DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
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w i l l b e a n e i c g a m e ! G e t o u r t i c k e t s n o w b e c a u s e t h i s e v e n t s e l l s o u t e v e r e a r !
w i l l b e a n e p i c g a m e ! G e t y o u r t i c k e t s n o w b e c a u s e t h i s e v e n t s e l l s o u t e v e r y y e a r ! h e t h e r y u a r e a g e l s f o a i l f a n , b i g h w h o l c o p y a d f a i l y o o u r O C a s e a l g t a A n g e S t a i u m e t w o r w t h y o u r e l o w A
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S P O N S O R S H I P S S P O N S O R S H I P S
H o m e R u n P r e s e n t i n g S p o n s o r - $ 1 8 5 0
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S w i n g A w a y S p o n s o r - $ 9 5 0
4 t i c k e t s , c o m p a n y l o g o o n e v e n t p a g e , m a r k e t i n g , a n d o n e v e n t s i g n a g e .
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