March 8, 2023

EN RESUMENEn la propuesta inicial de su presupuesto climático, el gobernador ha recortado alrededor de $561 millones de los proyectos locales para la recuperación costera. Los legisladores y las ciudades expresan sus preocupaciones. Read this article in English. El presupuesto propuesto por el gobernador Gavin Newsom reduciría los fondos para proyectos de recuperación costera casi […]

In his initial climate budget proposal, the governor has cut about $561 million from local coastal resilience projects. Legislators, cities express concerns.

Government subsidies and clean energy regulations are pushing the aviation industry toward more sustainable jet fuels. Workforce advocates want the funds to be paired with accountability measures that protect communities harmed most by pollution.

California has two seemingly contradictory and potentially devastating problems: More atmospheric rivers are due to wash over us this weekend. These are the same kind of state-spanning bands of wet air responsible for dropping 32 trillion gallons of water on the state in January.  But in a bit of irony that Alanis Morissette might appreciate, the […]

Last year, the Legislature voted to curb campaign contributions to local government officials from those affected by official business. While the new law is very narrow, it now faces a legal challenge.