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 ...

Much is discussed every year in the Legislature about how the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) needs reform. But the calls for ...

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

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

The budget trailer bills shaking up CEQA don’t kill the statute completely, but they make housing projects a whole lot easier ...

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

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed SB 406, a bill that aims to eliminate certain redundant CEQA environmental reviews for affordable housing projects. The new legislation adds to a long ...

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 ...

Newsom said that with the federal funds and CEQA reform, California can “do something that we haven’t done since the 1950s and 60s” and complete a series of major public infrastructure projects.

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared he would push for changes to the California Environmental Quality Act. While it remains to be seen how far Newsom is willing to go, the governor is on the ...