Overview

• Governor Gavin Newsom signed two housing bills that exempt urban housing projects and health clinics from environmental review under CEQA.
• The California Energy Commission recommended pausing the 2023 cap on excessive oil company profits, and Newsom suspended that limit this month as refinery closures tightened fuel supplies.
• Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court and other climate lobbyists say these moves amount to a retreat from long-standing state climate goals.
• Daniel Villaseñor, Newsom’s deputy communications director, called the criticism “total, utter nonsense” and said the governor has done more to combat climate change than his predecessors.
• Newsom has filed suit against the Trump administration to protect California’s Clean Air Act waivers and preserve the state’s authority to set strict emissions standards.