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Newsom Orders Suspension of CEQA for Fire Rebuilds

Is the California Environmental Quality Act - theoretically written to prevent disasters like these fires - really the big barrier holding back a rebuild?

January 14, 2025

Ding! Governor Vetos Bill That Would Have Required Alert for Speeding Drivers

“If the Governor knew what it felt like to wake up each day without your child because of a speeding driver, he wouldn’t have hesitated for a single moment to sign this bill,”

September 30, 2024

Governor Newsom Signs Three Bills Restricting Oil and Gas Wells Near People

Three new laws will help protect people living near oil and gas facilities, and one overrides a court decision blocking local control over gas wells.

September 26, 2024

Active Transportation Program Cut Because Administration Wants to Prioritize Highways

The Newsom administration wants to cut the ATP because Caltrans is tired of having its state highway funding tapped.

May 16, 2024

California Leaders Celebrate Ten Years of Climate Action

Air Resources Board report highlights progress funded by the California Cap-and-Trade Program

May 8, 2024

Sudden State Funding Freeze Leaves Transit Agencies Hanging

Transit agencies were caught off guard by a 60-day funding freeze announced on the day they were expecting the allocations

May 3, 2024

Legislative Update: Governor Is Powering Through Bills

Decriminalizing fare evasion and sidewalk riding bills killed; Transparency and climate accountability bills signed; More to come

October 9, 2023

There’s a Budget with Transit Funding, But Negotiations Aren’t Over

The question isn't really whether Newsom will sign off; the question is what will end up in "trailer bills" - which, as their name suggests, trail along after the budget is signed and fill in details left out of the budget itself.

June 16, 2023