New California state laws will make it easier for developers to build housing in areas of Sacramento that are outside downtown and midtown. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed laws to loosen parts of ...

Housing projects up to 85 feet high on lots in existing neighborhoods, known as infill, are now exempt from environmental ...

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 ...

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 ...

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland receives a copy of the housing legislation bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Monday, ...

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 ...