In response to concerns that environmental protection efforts might delay reconstruction in the coastal area, environmental laws that could have posed obstacles to rebuilding structures destroyed ...

Newsom suspended the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Coastal Act as the two-month anniversary of the Palisades and Eaton fires approaches. Newsom said the decision would ...

Newsom called for a California version of the Marshall Plan, the American effort to rebuild Western Europe after World War II. Landmark California environmental laws will be suspended for wildfire ...

While the state’s powerful environmental ... the laws are routinely suspended in emergencies and for large projects such as sports stadiums. Still, Mr. Newsom’s order was unusually extensive.

Landmark California environmental laws will be suspended for wildfire victims seeking to rebuild their homes and businesses, according to an executive order signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Declaring a state of emergency, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday suspended two landmark state environmental laws to expedite measures he said were needed to protect communities against ...