On 30 June 2025, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 130 (AB 130) and Senate Bill 131 (SB 131) into law, introducing some of the most ...

Sweeping overhaul of environmental reviews eliminates “the major impediment to getting new housing built in the state,” says ...

While Sean Burton is hopeful for more development opportunities in his home state, the firm is also looking eastward for opportunities.

Sweeping changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) were recently signed into law, raising alarm among ...

In an effort to tackle California’s persistent housing shortage and accelerate infrastructure development, California has ...

Opinion: Frost Brown Todd's Thierry Montoya says new legislation will help create a more reliable legal framework for ...

The California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, is a law requiring a thorough environmental review of most projects organized in the state of California. Unlike many other environmental ...

After more than a year of study, California’s Little Hoover Commission has confirmed what many have long known: the California Environmental Quality Act needs reform. The commission, which ...

Sacramento lawmakers have shown overwhelming support for a bill that would alter the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), but last-minute amendments highlight how contentious negotiations ...

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is not the big boogeyman that developers make it out to be. Few if any projects are ever stopped, but they sure are better, less environmentally ...

We talk a lot about the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) around here. Few other laws have shaped the development landscape of California so dramatically; among other things, it’s the ...

More recently, we've used the California Environmental Quality Act to combat fracking in the state: In October 1012, we and allies , represented by Earthjustice, filed suit against the California ...