CEQA

A Kern County judge ruled that approval of California’s first operating carbon capture and storage project — a technology the state is counting on to meet its climate goals — violated state environmental law and must be set aside. Judge Marcos Camacho found that environmental review of California Resources Corp.’s TerraVault project, which Kern County […]

Backed by business groups and opposed by environmentalists, Prop. 45 would have put deadlines on environmental reviews and lawsuits for housing, water, broadband and transit projects.

Prop 45 would shift who’s in charge of building in California. Supporters say it would also speed it up.

Gavin Newsom's rejection of key pension, work-from-home and environmental bills won him points with the political right but angered some unions and advocacy groups.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required more polluting facilities built near homes and schools to undergo environmental review — a decision that keeps in place looser rules he championed to speed up development in California. The bill authored by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, a Democrat from Encinitas, responded to fears raised by […]

Lawmakers approved a last-minute deal for a controversial sports arena and housing project in San Diego, allowing the city to use an existing environmental review.

Legislators this week and voters this November will weigh in on measures to curtail some of CEQA's vexing construction project restrictions.

California voters must stand up to the corporations that want to dismantle the state's environmental laws, argues an environmental justice advocate.

Proposition 45 offers reforms that retain protections under California environmental law and crucially speeds up approvals, an affordable housing advocate argues.

Following years of local resistance, tech billionaires are turning to the state to fast track their plan to build a new city in the Bay Area. They are lobbying for legislation to expedite environmental review of their project, enlisting political heavyweights to make their case.