The changes to the California Environmental Quality Act could greatly speed up the issuance of building permits.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

The California Environmental Quality Act was signed into law in 1970 by Governor Ronald Reagan, a year after the National Environmental Policy Act was implemented at the federal level.