The Legislature passed an updated state budget bill last Friday that, per an agreement drawn up by Newsom and the leaders of the state Senate and Assembly, stipulated that the governor had to sign Senate Bill 131 on Monday for the budget to be enacted ahead of the new fiscal year, which starts Tuesday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that will remake California’s landmark environmental protection rules

After a decade of intense debating California overhauls CEQA, its landmark environmental law with hopes of making the state more affordable to live.