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 ...

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.

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.

More than 50 years after becoming law, the California Environmental Quality Act has been pared down to streamline ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills that will overhaul the landmark California Environmental Quality Act in an effort to streamline housing development in the state.