Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers have focused on pocketbook concerns this year, seeing their party’s national losses as a reckoning. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers ...

While sitting in my elementary school’s garden, I was once tasked with writing down what I noticed, thought and felt. With ants trekking across my notebook, squinting through the sun at pumpkin ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom upended the state’s oldest and most powerful environmental laws this week, signing two bills that will make it easier to build housing in a state that has some of worst shortages and ...

The shortage of affordable housing in the United States is starting to get nationwide attention. For Californians, access to housing has been a crisis for some time, and the state’s agricultural ...

Gold mining: wealth creation and environmental devastation -- Protecting the land -- Protecting California's coast -- Managing water resources -- Protecting air quality -- Energy efficiency and ...

California has made significant changes to a 1970s land-use law that was once regarded as landmark legislation for protecting the environment, but is now viewed as a barrier to development in a state ...

California lawmakers have approved two new bills that are expected to lead to a significant overhaul of the state’s landmark environmental protection law and jump-start the stagnated housing market ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s environmental board voted 4-1 to approve the state’s first hazardous waste management plan despite ...