New exemptions to a major environmental law "will unambiguously reduce the time frame" for development, experts say.

For decades, the state’s landmark environmental law made it easy to block home construction. A new law changes that.

The landmark California environmental legislation that lawmakers have voted to walk back will allow for crucial ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has rolled back a 54-year-old landmark environmental protection law to aid ...

Newsom called the bills the “most consequential housing reform that we’ve seen in modern history in the state of California.” ...

After a decade of intense debating California overhauls CEQA, its landmark environmental law with hopes of making the state ...

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

In a legislative battle a decade in the making, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California ...

After a decade of battling, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California Environmental Quality Act, ...

California aims to eliminate ultra-processed foods from schools by 2035, driven by health concerns and bipartisan support.

California lawmakers are set to vote Monday on two controversial bills that would scale back the state’s signature environmental protection law, which a growing chorus of critics blame for blocking ...

Forever chemicals are a threat to public health. They can sicken people who regularly eat fish tainted by the chemicals or ...