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ANTELOPE VALLEY, CA—California’s Assembly Bill 130 (AB‑130), signed into law in June 2025, has been widely promoted as a major CEQA‑streamlining and housing‑acceleration bill. But buried deep in Section 58 is a controversial provision that has ignited fierce debate across the state: a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)–based mitigation fee that critics say functions as a new tax on housing. 1 While the bill’s supporters frame the measure as a tool to reduce transportation impacts a