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

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 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 ...

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

California governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that exempts infill housing from environmental review under the state ...

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

New California state laws will make it easier for developers to build housing in areas of Sacramento that are outside ...

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

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

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

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