Newsom Pressures Lawmakers To Gut Landmark Environmental Law, Sparking Rift With Labor

Environmental groups are outraged after Newsom overhauls CEQA

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.

Newsom Pressures Lawmakers To Gut Landmark Environmental Law, Sparking Rift With Labor

'Game Changer': Newsom Forces Landmark Environmental Rollback To Tackle Housing, Homelessness Crisis - Across California, CA - CA is poised to scale back landmark environmental protections from the 1970s that have long been seen as a barrier to housing development.

California overhauls landmark environmental protection rules

Governor Newsom says bureaucratic roadblocks have made it difficult to build housing in the most populous stateCalifornia is overhauling its landmark environmental protection rules, a change state leaders say is essential to address the state’s housing shortage and homelessness crisis.California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, had threatened to reject the state budget passed last Friday unless lawmakers overhauled the California Environmental Quality …

Gov. Newsom signs housing bill overhauling California's landmark environmental law

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that will remake California’s landmark environmental protection rules

Newsom signs housing bill overhauling California's landmark environmental law

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a bill that will remake California's landmark environmental protection rules.

One of the biggest obstacles to building new CA housing has now vanished

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