Environment
Back off the beach and the rising sea? No way, California cities say
Pushing homeowners away from the water is proving difficult. They want to protect property values; the state wants to save the beaches.
Climate Change
Environment
California poised to sue Trump again to stop another clean car rollback
California is prepared to take the Trump administration to court – again –after the federal government on Tuesday rolled back its major rule reducing greenhouse gases and smog-forming emissions from cars. The Trump administration issued a final version of its rule, which loosens Obama-era requirements that improve the fuel economy of new cars and light-duty […]
Housing
Wiener’s new housing bill would still end single-family-only zoning — but more “gently”
Prior bills were a shot of urban growth hormone to force cities to grow vertically; this one is a density vitamin cities could choose to take or not.
Environment
California is taking aim at Uber and Lyft’s outsized climate consequences
Uber and Lyft are bigger climate polluters than they should be. California aims to fix that.
Environment
Drought or dangerous flooding? Research to save California’s rain
Store water for a drought, or prepare for floods? How atmospheric river research helps California decide.
Climate Change
Could free transit for kids help California beat climate change?
The Legislature is considering giving everyone age 18 and under free rides on public transportation. But will that really create a generation of lifetime riders?
Environment
Regulators loosen California’s groundbreaking rule to require residential rooftop solar
California regulators eased off the state's groundbreaking new law requiring solar rooftops on most new homes, agreeing to allow developers to use a Sacramento utility's off-site solar installations instead.
Environment
California’s Phil Ting tilts at windmills — ban gas-powered cars! — hoping to start a conversation
Ting may sometimes be the California Assembly’s Don Quixote, chasing seemingly impossible dreams. But he says it's a win to just get people talking.
Environment
California analysts urge lawmakers: reject Gov. Newsom’s $1 billion climate loan proposal
The Legislative Analyst's Office warns California may not be able to spot the right projects to fund with a proposed green loan program.
Housing
California’s most controversial homebuilding bill just died. What will Newsom do now?
Gov. Gavin Newsom has a goal of 3.5 million new homes by 2025. His path to reaching it is even more limited, now that a hot zoning "reform" measure is dead for the year.