Gov. Gavin Newsom sidestepped a lengthy political battle when he signed sweeping changes recently to the California ...

Governor Newsom reforms California's costly environmental regulations while facing challenges in waste management and housing ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's strong-arm tactics to advance two unpopular California Environmental Quality Act reform bills by tying ...

California officials tweaked one of America’s most draconian environmental laws, but the adjustments will do little to ...

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland receives a copy of the housing legislation bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Monday, June 30, 2025 in Sacramento. HECTOR AMEZCUA [email protected] ...

The budget trailer bills shaking up CEQA don’t kill the statute completely, but they make housing projects a whole lot easier.

The passage of these essential reforms are the opening act in the movement for a sustainable California that builds and ...

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

Last Friday, it was unclear whether Newsom would win this game of brinksmanship. By the end of the day Monday, however, the ...

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

Jerry Brown once described reform of the California Environmental Quality Act as “the lord’s work” but he, like other recent governors, was not willing to invest enough political capital to change ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law sweeping reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and ...