After a decade of intense debating California overhauls CEQA, its landmark environmental law with hopes of making the state ...

"This is the most consequential housing reform that we've seen in modern history in the state of California, long overdue," ...

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

With Newsom’s challenge to Trump in limbo, California politicians are seemingly powerless to fight back, from federal court ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that will remake California’s landmark environmental protection rules ...

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

A sweeping reform to the California Environmental Quality Act has divided environmentalists and climate advocates.

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

Two Democrats joined forces with Republican Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones to make sure “public safety is not a political issue” but a “human” one.

A cap on state and local tax deductions, slashes to Medicaid, increased immigration enforcement and more are included in the ...

Governor Gavin Newsom called the move the "most consequential housing reform that we've seen in modern history." ...

Red tape in a strict 1970 law had impeded building in California. The new laws exempt projects from lengthy reviews.