The Supreme Court will take up a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump's administration, to wipe away limits ...

On the Playbook Podcast this morning, Jack and Dasha discuss the political fallout from the “big, beautiful bill,” the latest ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed to roll back a 50-year-old law blamed for blocking development and reducing affordability ...

A discussion of the Clean Air Act (CAA), its amendments, and significant caselaw pertaining to clean air regulation in the US ...

Federal agencies including the Energy and Agriculture departments are starting to issue new permitting rules that trim back ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are chipping away at the California Environmental Quality Act in the name of building more housing.

The story of Astrid Puentes Riaño is rooted in the soil of Colombia. Born in Bogotá to a family with campesino roots, her ...

The result is a patchwork of laws protecting the nation’s wetlands. But if more Western states were to emulate their neighbors’ efforts and take action, millions of acres of wetlands could be saved, ...

A group of mostly blue states asked a federal appeals court to vacate a recent decision on the authority of the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality to issue binding permitting rules.

We are local architects, designers and planners who have spent much of our professional lives in Santa Barbara. We cherish ...