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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed six housing bills to reduce construction costs, streamline local approvals, and expand opportunities for...
YES: By signing the two Senate bills, the governor removed significant obstacles, allowing the San Diego... NO: Mayor Todd Gloria's request of Gov.
Governor Gavin Newsom enacted six legislative measures advocated by California YIMBY, intended to mitigate housing construction expenditures,...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed multiple housing bills last week “promising myriad reforms to reduce red tape, incentivize construction and...
CALIFORNIA -- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed new legislation designed to make it easier and faster to build affordable housing. Supporters say it will...
According to the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom, California needs to build 2.5 million homes by 2030. Meeting that target and stabilizing the...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom's veto of two homeowner insurance-related bills have renewed tensions with the wildfire survivor advocacy...
Allen Matkins – September 30. On September 29, 2026, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1116 (Caballero), strengthening the Starter Home...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1751 – the Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act – into law on September 29, 2026, as part...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed multiple state housing bills into law that will take effect January 1, 2027, introducing significant...
She hasn't herself yet, and Senate Bill 1090—the Keep Altadena Land in Altadena Hands Act—signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, will make...
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law a bill co-authored by Silicon Valley Assemblymembers Ash Kalra and Patrick Ahrens that gives VTA...
On September 29 and September 30, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed multiple state housing bills into law, which will take effect on January 1,...
A winter of potentially devastating weather driven by what scientists predict to be a massive El Niño event could strain many of California’s TK-12 public schools.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of bills to reduce barriers and incentivize building affordable student housing in California. He has also signed a bill giving on-campus housing priority to students experiencing homelessness or who have been in foster care.
Newsom signed SB 344 to limit CEQA lawsuits tied to Midway Rising, a 49.2-acre San Diego redevelopment planned for 4000 homes.
— Annabel Lee Enriquez, President, California Preservation Foundation... Legislature by unlocking another source of homes: California's existing...
Sasha Renée Pérez, D-Pasadena, and introduced by Pérez and Assemblymember... Copyright 2026 San Gabriel Valley Tribune. All rights reserved. The use...
... Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), extending California's Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit through 2031. The law gives property owners...
Allen Matkins. On September 29, 2026, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill... California Environmental Law & Policy Update 9.25.26 · Renewable...
The two candidates agreed California is too expensive. But the villains they pointed to on housing, immigration and AI regulation were entirely different.
See how California bills signed or vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2026 affect electricity costs, housing, immigration, insurance and AI in the Bay...
















