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Candidates take heed: Environmental policy matters

A new statewide poll shows that voters are increasingly concerned about environmental policy, which could play out in the governor's race between Newsom and Cox.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 7월 25, 2018

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Who’s going to pay for the fires

California legislators confront the question of how to pay for fire damage. Should PG&E be relieved of costs related to devastating 2017 wildfires, and should the law be changed for future fires?

에 의해 Dan Morain • 7월 13, 2018

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WATCH: Governor candidates on how they would tackle California wildfires

Rivals for the governor's office Gavin Newsom and John Cox agree that wildfires pose an alarming threat to California—but what would they do to prevent and combat them? Here's what they told us.

에 의해 Byrhonda Lyons • 7월 12, 2018

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A political firestorm is about to hit the Capitol: Who will pay for wildfire damages?

In Sacramento, the biggest fights are over wildfire liability—who pays for billions of dollars of damages that result from the loss of so many homes, businesses and lives?—and how much utilities like PG&E can pass liability costs onto their customers.

에 의해 Laurel Rosenhall • 7월 12, 2018

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A sorry piece of history; Framing gas tax initiative

California officials played an integral role in Japanese internment during World War II, as told in a new online exhibit. The gas tax initiative fight revs up.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 7월 2, 2018

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Truce in privacy war. Will it hold?

에 의해 Dan Morain • 6월 22, 2018

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Wildfires and lead paint reignite Capitol’s ‘tort wars’

The "tort wars" that raged in the Capitol for decades over who and can sue whom are being reignited by conflicts over legal responsibility for wildfires and the sale of lead-based house paint.

에 의해 댄 월터스 • 6월 4, 2018

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Lawmakers back off, allowing Elon Musk—and his California customers—to play with fire

California lawmakers added fuel to Elon Musk’s entrepreneurial fire last week when they cleared the way for sales of the investor’s newest—and probably hottest—product: personal flamethrowers. In the coming weeks, some 20,000 people could be walking around with the devices.

에 의해 Robbie Short • 5월 30, 2018

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Jerry Brown has a promise to keep

에 의해 Dan Morain • 5월 25, 2018

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Chilly reception awaits Cristina Garcia

에 의해 Dan Morain • 5월 18, 2018