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

An infamous, decades-old environmental law in California is finally in for a revamping.

Mamdani clinches NYC mayoral primary, and boost in immigration arrests puts NYC’s sanctuary status to the test.

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:53 a.m. in Siskiyou County, California. Summit Fire has been burning on federal land ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:38 a.m. in Siskiyou County, California. Knf West Lightning Fire has been burning on ...

Housing experts said it remains to be seen how builder’s remedy would work in Oregon. In California, not-in-my-backyard ...

This article is part of The Rooftop, a blog and multimedia series from New America’s Future of Land and Housing program. Featuring insights from experts across diverse fields, the series is a home for ...

Governor Gavin Newsom called the move the "most consequential housing reform that we've seen in modern history." ...

Major changes include an exemption for high-tech industrial plants and other projects. The move, fast-tracked under pressure ...

They found that, even with improvements in agricultural productivity (due to technological improvements like new seed ...

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

Officials behind Orange County’s newest conservation area, the nearly 400-acre Randall Preserve, are seeking input as they ...