Governor Gavin Newsom called the move the "most consequential housing reform that we've seen in modern history." ...

Between an increasingly influential union and a new state housing agency, one of California’s biggest crises is getting a shakeup.

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

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

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

California has made significant changes to a law from the 1970s that was considered landmark legislation in protecting the ...

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

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

California’s new environmental reform law, backed by carpenters, eases housing construction rules but deepens divisions ...

While housing advocates applauded the State Legislature’s new CEQA reforms, environmental activists said it will degrade ...

The restructuring aims to bring more focused attention to housing challenges by separating those responsibilities into their ...

California lawmakers have rolled back portions of a landmark state environment law to make it easier to build new housing in urban areas.