On June 30, 2025, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 130 (“AB 130”) and Senate Bill 131 (“SB 131”) into law, making the most significant changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) ...

Assembly Bill (AB) 130 and Senate Bill (SB) 131, which became effective on June 30, 2025, are designed to bring sweeping change to California housing and infrastructure development across the state.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law Monday that will reform the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA with major impacts on housing development policy: Assembly Bill 130, or ...

The project was poised to take advantage of AB 130, a California state housing law passed in the midst of the redevelopment’s environmental impact review earlier this year. The law, which streamlines ...

A few months ago, the California Legislature passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure that included an effort to boost housing across the state by allowing exemptions to the California ...

We have a right to assume that state laws are the result of careful deliberation and public disclosure. However, that was not the case with Assembly Bill 130, passed by the Legislature on June 30 and ...

One certainty about the just-signed AB 130 budget trailer bill is that it will lead to building projects that are extremely unwelcome in the areas where they’ll eventually stand. This bill, which ...

Sixty-five percent of homes in California are controlled by HOAs. People choose to purchase homes in HOAs because they want to live in well-kept communities with reasonable rules. The recent passage ...