Red tape in a strict 1970 law had impeded building in California. The new laws exempt projects from lengthy reviews.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation Monday paring down the state’s landmark environmental review laws in a ...

Meanwhile, City Council President Joe LaCava and county Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer have offered to keep the rings with county funding ...

John C. Levy’s two-story, 3,700-square-foot house and its grounds, for a while a popular wedding destination, violate several ...

Under modern judicial deference doctrines, courts have been instructed not to interpret the law, but to accept how agencies ...

The California Coastal Commission has been under siege like never before, alarming environmentalists and raising questions about the future of the 53-year-old state agency.

Last Friday, the office of California Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) announced “a $40 million ...

The California Coastal Commission, a powerful state agency that regulates development along the state’s 1,100-mile coastline, can deny property owners permits to build seawalls if their homes ...

Elon Musk Versus the California Coastal Commission . For decades, the California Coastal Commission has had near-unchecked authority to regulate development along the state's 860-mile coastline ...

First established via voter initiative in 1972, the California Coastal Commission’s mandate is “to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance the environment of the California coastline. ...

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make ...

SACRAMENTO, California — Members of the California Coastal Commission elected Meagan Harmon as chair and Caryl Hart as vice chair to lead the high-stakes coastal development agency Wednesday ...