Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a major housing bill to speed construction by easing environmental rules. The state is notorious for ...

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

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.

California is rolling back environmental regulations for some construction projects after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law this ...

California lawmakers approved changes this week to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), first passed in 1970 by ...

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

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

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has rolled back a 54-year-old landmark environmental protection law to aid ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom, lagging far behind his campaign pledge to build millions more homes, signed Monday evening the most ...

New legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom exempts most new housing projects in urban centers from a lengthy review.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation that would roll back that state’s landmark environmental law for urban ...