Gavin Newsom could learn, as Jerry Brown did earlier in his career, that political stunts as governor can haunt a presidential bid.

Jerry Brown once described reform of the California Environmental Quality Act as “the lord’s work” but he, like other recent governors, was not willing to invest enough political capital to ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators passed a major reform of the California Environmental Quality Act on Monday. The ...

The state excise tax just went up, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard is getting more strict and 2 refineries are shutting down.

Changes to the California Environmental Quality Act came via two trailer bills (AB 130 and SB 131) attached to the state ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) likes to manipulate statistics to make it seem like he hasn't turned California into a soft-on-crime paradise for criminals.

The governor's move to suspend payments toward future retiree health care coincides with another big concession he's asking from unions as he manages a $12 billion deficit. The new contracts include ...

Columbia University and New York activists are launching the “Model Climate Laws Initiative” to draft state laws countering ...

With the passage of a state budget-related housing bill, the California Environmental Quality Act will be a non-issue for a ...

In a legislative battle a decade in the making, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California ...

There are no shortage of reasons not to build housing in California. Labor costs, even without regulatory requirements, are ...

His 1980 presidential campaign put the Libertarian Party on the map in a year rich in libertarian cultural clout.