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Environment Land Use & Development

California Lawmakers Want to Cut Red Tape to Ramp Up Clean Energy but Rural Communities Push Back

12/13/2024
Some rural California communities are resisting efforts to streamline permitting for wind and solar farms and battery storage for environmental or safety reasons.

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Environment Land Use & Development Resilience

California Got Millions to Train Workers in Disaster Relief, but It’s Leaving Money on Table

12/12/2024
When disaster strikes, California gets federal funding to hire temporary workers to clean debris. But the jobs are tough, and some agencies struggle to manage the grants.

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Health Homelessness Agriculture, Food & Gardening Housing State of California

Federal Health Care Dollars Are Helping to House Homeless Californians. Trump Could Stop That

12/11/2024
Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump.

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Environment Transportation Sustainability State of California

California Awarded $135 Million for Electric Buses, Trucks

12/11/2024
The Biden administration is awarding Inflation Reduction Act money to help clean the air before President-elect Trump takes over.

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Water State of California

Newsom Pushes New Reservoir Project

12/10/2024
In a December 10 press conference, Governor Newsom urged lawmakers to press forward in building the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County. Read on to learn more about the project, the largest new reservoirs to be built in California in the last 50 years.

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Public Safety Health Agriculture, Food & Gardening

What's Behind All Those Food Recalls?

12/09/2024
Are food recalls on the rise? Yes. Read on to learn more.

From CalMatters...

Elections & Politics State of California

New Sen. Adam Schiff Vows to Defend Democracy

12/09/2024
Pledging to take on the affordable housing crisis and bring down health care costs, Adam Schiff was sworn in Monday by Vice President Kamala Harris as California’s junior U.S. senator.

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Environment Health Transportation State of California

Polluted Communities Hold Their Breath as Companies Struggle With California’s Diesel Truck Ban

12/09/2024
California has an aggressive mandate for zero-emission trucks, which are powered by electricity or hydrogen. But trucking companies face big obstacles — and people are still breathing dangerous diesel exhaust.

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Business, Economy & Jobs Community Service & Support

Doing Good: Kiwanis International

12/08/2024
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Founded as a business organization in 1915, the Kiwanis Club now serves millions of children worldwide.

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Education State of California

How CA Ban on Bilingual Education Still Hurts Schools

12/08/2024
It has been eight years since California voters repealed a 1998 law directing public school districts to essentially eliminate their bilingual programs. But the fallout from the state’s vacillating history of bilingual education has led to California falling short of providing a quality education not only to non-English speakers but also to students who want to be bilingual.

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Housing State of California

California’s Housing Crisis Has Gotten Worse, Not Better, Over the Last 30 Years

12/05/2024
The Public Policy Institute of California, a think tank that conducts vigorous and objective research into vital state issues, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of retrospective reports.

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State of California

Will Feds Open a New California Immigrant Detention Center?

12/04/2024
During Donald Trump’s first presidency, California tried and failed to ban new federal immigration detention centers from opening. As Trump returns to the Oval Office in January with pledges of mass deportations, the agency overseeing immigration enforcement has been scoping out locations for a new detention center — possibly near San Francisco.

From CalMatters...

Water State of California

California Officials Plan for a Dry 2025 With Grim Water Supply Guesswork

12/04/2024
Each December there’s a new version of an old guessing game about how much water will be provided to agricultural and municipal users in the year ahead.

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Business, Economy & Jobs State of California

California’s Employment Safety Net Is Still Broken. Will Anyone Fix It?

12/03/2024
Out-of-work residents fight new fraud battles. The system bleeds money. And a $1 billion technology overhaul marches on.

From CalMatters...

Health State of California

California Democrats Plan to Crack Down on Cities That Block Abortion Clinics

12/02/2024
California Democrats have passed two dozen laws to protect abortion access since the Supreme Court in 2021 overturned Roe vs. Wade. New bills are on the table.

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State of California

5,000 Bills Is Too Many. California Legislature Sets New Max on Legislation.

12/02/2024
Reflecting concern about too many bills, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas lowered the number legislators are allowed to introduce.

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Families & Children Health State of California

California Birth Centers Are Shutting Down. A Lawmaker Has a New Plan to Help Them

12/02/2024
Birth centers are midwife-run facilities that deliver babies outside of hospitals. They have struggled to stay in business in part because of strict state licensing requirements.

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Business, Economy & Jobs Community Service & Support

Doing Good: Lions Clubs International

12/01/2024
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In the wake of the First World War, a group of business leaders built an international organization of more than 1,000 local service clubs in less than a decade. It has grown to be one of the biggest philanthropic organizations in the world.

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Housing

Landlords Are Using AI to Raise Rents — And California Cities Are Leading the Pushback

12/01/2024
California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself ”at the expense of renters who pay inflated prices.”

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Education Community Service & Support Veterans

Doing Good: The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks

11/25/2024
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What happens when a 19th century drinking club becomes an enduring force for good? We explain.