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Las extensas zonas de bosques con vegetación excesiva en California suponen un riesgo de incendios forestales catastróficos, y hoy la Asamblea Estatal estudiará la posibilidad de dar luz verde a dos proyectos de ley destinados a promover las quemas controladas que reduzcan el riesgo de desastres. La Ley de...
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Huge swaths of overgrown forests in California pose a risk for catastrophic wildfires, and today, the State Assembly will consider advancing two bills to promote intentional burns that lower the risk of disaster. The Beneficial Fire Capacity Act would allocate 10% of the annual wildfire resilience portion of the...
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Three new bills before California lawmakers aim to end practices within the justice system that some groups argue amount to the criminalization of poverty. Debt Free Justice California is a coalition of legal advocates, policy experts and movement-building organizations working to advance racial and economic justice. Brandon Greene, director...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters El año pasado, los legisladores estatales rompieron con la tradición al no incluir una excepción para la costa de California en una importante ley de vivienda. Esa omisión deliberada se produjo a pesar de la oposición de la Comisión Costera de California, la agencia estatal creada...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters Last year, state lawmakers broke from tradition by not including an exception for the California coast in a major housing law. That deliberate omission came despite opposition from the California Coastal Commission — the voter-created state agency tasked since 1976 with scrutinizing anything that gets built, demolished, dug,...
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Justo Robles CalMatters Update: On Nov. 16, the state Public Utilities Commission approved a rate hike for Pacific Gas & Electric that will increase residential rates by a monthly average of $22.20 for electric-only customers. Angelica Vásquez’s anxiety soared when she read the notice on her most recent electric bill:...
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Justo Robles CalMatters La ansiedad de Angélica Vásquez se disparó cuando leyó el aviso en su factura eléctrica más reciente: “Por favor pague $135.81 antes del 26/10 para evitar la interrupción del servicio”. Pero la advertencia fue parte de un problema mayor. Vásquez debía un total de $400.68 a...
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Alejandro Lazo CalMatters On October 10 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two closely-watched, first-in-the-nation bills that will force large companies to disclose their greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change and their financial risks. Newsom approved Senate Bill 261, which requires large companies to biennially report their financial risks from climate change....
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – When you go to an emergency room, you often don’t have a say in choosing the hospital – and sometimes, patients get slapped with huge “surprise” bills if it is out-of-network with their insurance provider. On Tuesday, the state Assembly Committee on Health passed legislation to...
Las extensas zonas de bosques con vegetación excesiva en California suponen un riesgo de incendios forestales catastróficos, y hoy la Asamblea Estatal estudiará la posibilidad de dar luz verde a dos proyectos de ley destinados a promover las quemas controladas que reduzcan el riesgo de desastres. La Ley de...
Huge swaths of overgrown forests in California pose a risk for catastrophic wildfires, and today, the State Assembly will consider advancing two bills to promote intentional burns that lower the risk of disaster. The Beneficial Fire Capacity Act would allocate 10% of the annual wildfire resilience portion of the...
Three new bills before California lawmakers aim to end practices within the justice system that some groups argue amount to the criminalization of poverty. Debt Free Justice California is a coalition of legal advocates, policy experts and movement-building organizations working to advance racial and economic justice. Brandon Greene, director...
Ben Christopher CalMatters El año pasado, los legisladores estatales rompieron con la tradición al no incluir una excepción para la costa de California en una importante ley de vivienda. Esa omisión deliberada se produjo a pesar de la oposición de la Comisión Costera de California, la agencia estatal creada...
Ben Christopher CalMatters Last year, state lawmakers broke from tradition by not including an exception for the California coast in a major housing law. That deliberate omission came despite opposition from the California Coastal Commission — the voter-created state agency tasked since 1976 with scrutinizing anything that gets built, demolished, dug,...
Justo Robles CalMatters Update: On Nov. 16, the state Public Utilities Commission approved a rate hike for Pacific Gas & Electric that will increase residential rates by a monthly average of $22.20 for electric-only customers. Angelica Vásquez’s anxiety soared when she read the notice on her most recent electric bill:...
Alejandro Lazo CalMatters On October 10 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two closely-watched, first-in-the-nation bills that will force large companies to disclose their greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change and their financial risks. Newsom approved Senate Bill 261, which requires large companies to biennially report their financial risks from climate change....
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – When you go to an emergency room, you often don’t have a say in choosing the hospital – and sometimes, patients get slapped with huge “surprise” bills if it is out-of-network with their insurance provider. On Tuesday, the state Assembly Committee on Health passed legislation to...