Lawmakers — at both the state and federal levels — have put forth proposals in recent weeks to largely prohibit federal ...

It took what amounted to political blackmail against the Legislature, but Gov. Gavin Newsom finally achieved what his ...

New legislation exempts virtually all infill housing projects from CEQA’s provisions, making it more difficult for opponents of high-density housing projects to block approval.

SB 79, a transit-oriented housing bill, has passed the Assembly Housing Committee and aims to increase housing supply, reduce ...

Ronald Reagan signed more than a half-century ago, would require confronting two powerful interest groups: environmental ...

AS OF MONDAY, developers will have an easier time building in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law that ...

Lawsuits have been the bane of real estate projects around the Bay Area, and while a new law won't end them, it will give ...

New York Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez introduced the No Masks for ICE Act, which would prevent federal immigration agents ...

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

Newsom called the bills the “most consequential housing reform that we’ve seen in modern history in the state of California.” ...

The costs of leaving the California Environmental Quality Act intact became too high. Newsom confronted the issue squarely, ushering reforms.

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