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

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators passed a major reform of the California Environmental Quality Act on Monday. The ...

Last Friday, it was unclear whether Newsom would win this game of brinksmanship. By the end of the day Monday, however, the governor had succeeded. The Legislature overwhelmingly passed what ended up ...

The spending plan reflects resistance to making sweeping cuts to reduce a $12-billion budget deficit expected in the year ...

On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills that scale back CEQA—curtailing local power to stop urban development, and particularly housing, on environmental grounds.

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

Newsom holds firm and scores big CEQA reform Gavin Newsom during a press conference on April 16, 2025. (AP photo/Noah Berger) ...

California will usher in major reforms to its controversial environmental protection law following a pair of bill signings by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The newly signed bills together create 10 new ...

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 ...

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