June 29, 2023

The first-in-the-nation state-appointed task force report contains hundreds of recommendations for reparation, including a proposal that the state apologize and make financial amends for slavery and decades of racist policies.

EN RESUMEN Los ambientalistas y los defensores del proyecto están de acuerdo: los proyectos de ley de infraestructura elaborados por los legisladores y Newsom son un buen compromiso. El paquete tiene como objetivo acelerar las demandas por granjas solares, embalses y otras infraestructuras, y relajar la protección de algunas especies. Read this article in English. […]

California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations is handing lawmakers dozens of recommendations, including a proposal that the state apologize for slavery and racist policies, and make financial amends.

The package of laws aims to speed up lawsuits for solar farms, reservoirs and other infrastructure, and relax protection of some species. Environmentalists and business groups call them a good compromise.

The misdeeds of the Los Angeles City Council do not rise to the level of treason, but they suggest an indifference to the public and an abiding, destructive hubris that permeates across California.

Climate activists and some lawmakers want two of California’s pension funds to shed about $15 billion of fossil fuel holdings. They say the move would reduce oil and gas companies’ political power, but opponents say it would be a bad move financially.

As of Friday, Anthony Rendon will no longer be the speaker of the California Assembly — the culmination of a messy and protracted handover of power to Democratic Assemblymember Robert Rivas from Salinas.  On his way out, the Lakewood Democrat has been conducting a very public HR exit interview of sorts — reflecting openly on […]