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 ...

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 bills passed with strong support in both the California State Assembly and Senate as part of the state budget process.

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

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make ...

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

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 ...

Gavin Newsom exempted via executive order reconstruction projects ... the Legislature passed a wide-ranging (although the specifics were still evolving) CEQA reform. The ultimate measure, which was ...