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

Assembly Bill (AB) 130 and Senate Bill (SB) 131, which became effective on June 30, 2025, are designed to bring sweeping change to California ...

Explore the ongoing concerns about the oil pipeline in Santa Barbara and its environmental impact after past disasters.

Two new laws, which went into effect at the end of June, should fast track infill and other high-priority projects, writes a ...

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.

A growing number of environmental groups say they want to make sure that future construction of new housing is not putting ...

Democrats pared back one of the state's preeminent policies to restore trust with voters frustrated by the high cost of living.

Earlier this year, a modest, two-year pilot program aimed at opening 6 miles of trails (out of 60) to bicycles in the Mount ...

More than 50 years after becoming law, the California Environmental Quality Act has been pared down to streamline construction.

California officials are concerned that the state's wildfire fund could be fully exhausted if utilities begin tapping it to ...

As Appelbaum notes, this reasoning effectively forbids building any housing, anywhere. The California Environmental Quality Act emerged out of this intellectual environment.