NYT > U.S. News California’s Environmental Past Confronts Economic Worries of the Present Par :Soumya Karlamangla 16 septembre 2025 à 08:00 Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers have focused on pocketbook concerns this year, seeing their party’s national losses as a reckoning. © Loren Elliott for The New York TimesCalifornia Democrats relaxed a landmark environmental law this year, hoping to spur more housing construction. Cities like San Francisco are struggling to build enough units.