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 ...

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

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

While the city of Sacramento had already rolled back parts of CEQA for downtown and midtown, building infill housing in other ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...

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

A sweeping reform to the California Environmental Quality Act has divided environmentalists and climate advocates.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation that would roll back that state’s landmark environmental law for urban ...

New exemptions to a major environmental law "will unambiguously reduce the time frame" for development, experts say.