With the passage of a state budget-related housing bill, the California Environmental Quality Act will be a non-issue for a ...

Newsom described the bills as the “most consequential housing reform that we’ve seen in modern history in the state of ...

As California's pro-housing advocates celebrated the victory and environmentalists decried the potential damage from the new ...

New legislation exempts virtually all infill housing projects from CEQA’s provisions, making it more difficult for opponents ...

California lawmakers passed a massive state budget vote Monday evening with just hours to spare before the July 1 deadline ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a major housing bill to speed construction by easing environmental rules. The state is notorious for ...

For decades, the state’s landmark environmental law made it easy to block home construction. A new law changes that.

The landmark California environmental legislation that lawmakers have voted to walk back will allow for crucial ...

Without Newsom's efforts, major reforms to California's stifling environmental laws would have died on the vine.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators passed a major reform of the California Environmental Quality Act on Monday. The ...

Changes to the California Environmental Quality Act came via two trailer bills (AB 130 and SB 131) attached to the state ...

After scaling back a landmark environmental law, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state leaders are hoping for a construction boom.