Gov. Newsom waived CEQA and the California Coastal Act for utilities working to rebuild, and move infrastructure underground, ...

In the recurring legislative fight between YIMBY legislators and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one ...

Today, CEQA’s defenders are largely Democratic, but its original proponents were Republican. In 1970, then-Governor Ronald ...

The California Environmental Quality Act has been on the books since 1971, but its power as a potential check on development ...

His latest executive order eliminates requirements to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, commonly known as CEQA, and the California Coastal Act for utilities working to rebuild ...

Utility restoration efforts in areas affected by the January wildfires in Los Angeles will be exempt from environmental ...

A bipartisan group of legislators pushed forth a package of 22 housing bills Thursday, including one that would exempt most urban housing developments from the 55-year-old California Environmental ...

The governor suspended the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Coastal Act as the state prepares for the summer and fall fire season. March 1, 2025 In a letter sent last month ...

Note: the original article on this mistook SB 607 a broader CEQA bill with SB 609, a narrower CEQA bill and part of the fast ...

California lawmakers are seeking to ease regulatory burdens, including environmental and zoning laws, to spur housing ...

A package of 22 bills would address the “bureaucratic delay and legal loopholes” that lawmakers say slow down housing ...