SACRAMENTO—It’s not that typical that an acronym for an arcane regulation would be a household word, but in California the term CEQA—pronounced see-kwa—is as well-known as terms such as ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes reforming CEQA at a solar energy site in the Central Valley in 2023. (Image from governor’s office video) For over 50 years, the California Environmental Quality Act ...

Since then, the law’s scope has massively expanded. Today, CEQA (pronounced “see-qwa”) provides an easy path to legally challenge almost any project — public or private, large or small ...

Passed in 1970, CEQA was meant to force public agencies to consider how a proposed project might harm the environment, and explain how it would mitigate any such impacts. But the law’s scope has ...

But beyond these limitations, developers who manage to find places to build and figure out how to navigate permitting processes face yet another challenge: CEQA compliance and the ever-present ...

California lawmakers are considering AB-609, a bill that would exempt most new housing development from environmental impact reports under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

It's not that typical that an acronym for an arcane regulation would be a household word, but in California the term CEQA—pronounced see-kwa—is as well-known as terms such as OMG and LOL.