Californiaβs Proposition 45 Brings the Sprawl Debate Back NYT - Home Page By: Conor Dougherty 15 October 2026 at 16:00 Among the measures up for a vote in November is one that would amend the stateβs landmark environmental law and make it easier to build large housing developments outside cities. Β© Mark Abramson for The New York TimesThe company that owns Tejon Ranch has spend two decades trying, and failing, to build developments there. Proposition 45 could speed the process up.