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

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 ...

Trump’s push to undermine clean energy projects is putting new focus on California's environmental laws. California lawmakers reeling from President Donald Trump’s assault on clean energy are ...

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

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

Without Newsom's efforts, major reforms to California's stifling environmental laws would have died on the vine.

California’s Democratic leaders aren’t too happy about it, but the Trump administration has no doubt done them a favor by ...

The climate is supposedly a life or death issue, but California Democrats won't let it get in the way of their monopoly on state power.

California has passed two bills to reform the CEQA, limiting the use of CEQA as a tool for labor negotiations and ensuring ...

The Democratic party is in desperate need of a bully that can meet Trump where he is — and Newsom might just be the bully to ...

Without Newsom's efforts, major reforms to California's stifling environmental laws would have died on the vine.