Gov. Gavin Newsom tied the state budget to the passage of policy to lessen environmental review standards to speed up the ...

The landmark California environmental legislation that lawmakers have voted to walk back will allow for crucial ...

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

California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday passed major changes to the California Environmental Quality Act in what ...

I have not seen that kind of bullying in policy making in the entire time I’ve been here,” said state Sen. Roger Niello, ...

The landmark environmental bill, CEQA, has been credited with preventing irreversible damage to natural habitats. But it’s also provided an avenue for resistant neighbors to block new housing in urban ...

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

Newsom’s signature on a $321 billion state budget is “contingent” on “legislation to cut red tape and unleash housing,” a spokesperson said.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a 2025 state budget that includes CEQA reforms to speed up housing development, which is seen as a crucial policy shift in modern California history.

Major changes include an exemption for high-tech industrial plants and other projects. The move, fast-tracked under pressure from Gov. Gavin Newsom, sparked fierce pushback from environmental, ...

Newsom said the bills, which he signed Monday night, are the most consequential housing reform in recent California history.