Will California keep up its climate momentum?

[Source: CalMATTERS] California has climate action on the mind. This week state lawmakers, senior officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and prominent environmental leaders are representing California at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal, Canada — an appearance that could make a splash on the world stage as Newsom continues to tout his climate credentials. Read More…

California could phase out fracking, other oil drilling under bill headed for first test in Legislature

[Source: KQED] Legislation that would gradually phase out fracking and other extraction methods that account for most of California’s petroleum production faces its first big test in Sacramento on Tuesday. The nine-member Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee is set to vote on a proposal, Senate Bill 267 (Bill Text – SB-467 Oil and gas: Read More…

Port of Long Beach mulls alternative energies as power demand set to skyrocket

[Source: PORT Technology] The Port of Long Beach (PoLB) expects its power demand on the electricity grid “to triple or quadruple” by 2035 from increases in shoreside power and electricity-powered yard equipment. The first of nine electric rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) stacking cranes entered service at the SSA Terminal (Electric cranes mark milestone for Port of Read More…

Senator Patricia Bates reintroduces measure to strengthen Prop. 13 and end abuses

[Source: Orange County Breeze] Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) announced today that she has reintroduced legislation to correct an outdated interpretation of property “change of ownership” that has been part of the long running debate around commercial property and Proposition 13 (the 1978 initiative that limited property tax increases). “Proposition 13 ensures that property taxes Read More…

As state attorney general job morphs post-Trump, who will be Newsom’s pick?

[Source: POLITICO] The last time a California governor chose a new attorney general, Donald Trump had just been elected president. As Democrats geared up to make California the “Resistance State,” newly appointed state attorney general Xavier Becerra quickly went to work suing the Trump administration. He kept it up at a mind-boggling clip, filing 110 lawsuits over Read More…