Housing bills in California often face fierce opposition from construction unions, but this time, the carpenters’ union went ...

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California has passed two bills to reform the CEQA, limiting the use of CEQA as a tool for labor negotiations and ensuring ...

California lawmakers have rolled back portions of a landmark state environment law to make it easier to build new housing in urban areas.

A California environmental law makes it ‘too damn hard’ to build. But do Democrats have the will to reform it? Trade unions often use the threat of a CEQA lawsuit to extract concessions from ...

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

Newsom described the bills as the “most consequential housing reform that we’ve seen in modern history in the state of ...

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 ...

Why these environmental groups still aren't endorsing Harris California's environmental justice groups are largely staying quiet on Vice President Kamala Harris as she pursues the presidency.

Two bills endorsed by Gov. Gavin Newsom would be the most transformative changes to the California Environmental Quality Act in generations, experts said. Lawmakers hope reforms will unleash a ...