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

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

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

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

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

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 state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation Monday paring down the state’s landmark environmental review laws in a ...

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

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators passed a major reform of the California Environmental Quality Act on Monday. The new laws remove a key point of leverage for project opponents that has ...