Senate Bill (SB) 131 includes important California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions for qualified advanced manufacturing projects, ...

With the passage of a state budget-related housing bill, the California Environmental Quality Act will be a non-issue for a decisive swath of urban residential development in California. In practice, ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills on Monday that will weaken the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, to make building housing easier. The law was praised by environmentalists across ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills that will overhaul the landmark California Environmental Quality Act in an effort to streamline housing development in the state.

California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday passed major changes to the California Environmental Quality Act in what supporters say is a historic move to get more housing built across the ...

Two proposals advancing rapidly through the California Legislature represent the most profound changes to the California Environmental Quality Act in generations, according to a report in the Los ...

By Camille von Kaenel | 07/01/2025 06:48 AM EDT Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are chipping away at the California Environmental Quality Act in the name of building more housing.

On Monday night, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law budget legislation that exempts urban housing projects from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the state environmental review law that ...

The measures were based on several existing proposals, including Senate Bill 607, which affirms the Legislature's intent "to make changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to ...

California legislators approved significant rollbacks to the California Environmental Quality Act, easing requirements for infill housing developments. This change could accelerate housing ...

In 1947, decades before the federal Clean Air Act, California’s leaders began regulating the causes of harmful air pollution. It was also our state that, in 2006 under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ...