SB 515, introduced by Sen. Laura Richardson, would require local governments to collect demographic data on Black subgroups, ...

One bill supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus focuses on lineage rather than race and could skirt around the ...

A sweeping reform to the California Environmental Quality Act has divided environmentalists and climate advocates.

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

"This is the most consequential housing reform that we've seen in modern history in the state of California, long overdue," ...

Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the most sweeping reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act in over five ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom tied the state budget to the passage of policy to lessen environmental review standards to speed up the ...

SACRAMENTO, CA – Environmental justice groups and conservation advocates are sounding the alarm over a controversial budget trailer bill that they say amounts to the most sweeping rollback of ...

The California Legislature has approved a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities to close a $12 billion deficit.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Friday a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a landmark health care expansion for low-income adult ...

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on Friday approved a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a landmark health care expansion for low-income adult immigrants without ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities to close a $12 billion deficit. The Legislature approved it Friday. It includes capping new ...