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Why can't we train enough unemployed people to reach a reasonable goal of hiring and training the needed 20,000 contact tracers in California?

California’s water policy is literally killing the Trinity River, as well as the lower Klamath River in neighboring Humboldt County.

About half of those who moved out to Texas moved back to California within a year

Wish as they might otherwise, coastal communities are seeing severe impacts already, with imperiled water supplies, beach and cliff erosion.

It appears that the U.S. EPA would rather promote electric vehicles than promote cleaner fuels.

The historic cooperation between California and the federal government that has managed the state’s water supply is threatened by a looming battle.

Californians on the left, center and right kvetch about initiatives, but they also value their state constitutional right to make law directly.

There is no evidence supporting the claim that the San Joaquin Valley’s water supply challenges are linked to California’s food security or the rise of produce imports.

Re: “Legislature should declare a moratorium on new housing bills,” April 13, 2020 For NIMBY groups wanting to stop legislation that would address California’s housing supply and affordability crisis, COVID-19 is sadly being used as a justification to preserve the status quo. NIMBYs offer no solutions to California’s extreme housing shortage which has not suddenly […]

Re “California faces massive costs related to climate change. Oil industry must pay its fair share,” Sen. Scott Wiener, Feb. 26, 2020. Sen. Scott Wiener has the principle right in his commentary. Change the headline and Sen. Wiener might be writing about housing: California faces massive costs related to housing. Corporations must pay their fair […]