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

California lawmakers on Monday approved one of the most substantial rollbacks of the state’s signature environmental review law in decades, including a controversial exemption that would allow high-tech manufacturing plants to be built in industrial zones with no environmental review.

Mamdani clinches NYC mayoral primary, and boost in immigration arrests puts NYC’s sanctuary status to the test.