Gov. Gavin Newsom sidestepped a lengthy political battle when he signed sweeping changes recently to the California ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's strong-arm tactics to advance two unpopular California Environmental Quality Act reform bills by tying ...

Governor Newsom reforms California's costly environmental regulations while facing challenges in waste management and housing ...

Last Friday, it was unclear whether Newsom would win this game of brinksmanship. By the end of the day Monday, however, the ...

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

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make ...

The bills passed with strong support in both the California State Assembly and Senate as part of the state budget process.

The passage of these essential reforms are the opening act in the movement for a sustainable California that builds and ...

California lawmakers passed a massive state budget vote Monday evening with just hours to spare before the July 1 deadline and the start of the new fiscal year.

Gov. Gavin Newsom tied the state budget to the passage of policy to lessen environmental review standards to speed up the construction of housing in California.

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland receives a copy of the housing legislation bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Monday, June 30, 2025 in Sacramento. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com ...

Jerry Brown once described reform of the California Environmental Quality Act as “the lord’s work” but he, like other recent governors, was not willing to invest enough political capital to change ...