[Source: AGNet West] Last week California Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) continued with its forward momentum, advancing from the California Assembly Appropriations Committee by a vote of 13 to five. The legislation that some environmental groups are referring to as ‘Trump insurance’ is now headed to the California Assembly floor. The California Environmental, Public Health, and Read More…
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California’s recycling bills propose dramatic new rules
[Source: CalMatters] With plastic packaging heading to landfills and recycling centers shutting down, California lawmakers use a trio of bills to take aim at the stuttering recycling economy. As bills that take aim at plastic waste make their way through California’s legislature, the damage they intend to fix already is rippling through the state’s recycling Read More…
Berkeley becomes first U.S. city to ban natural gas in new homes
[Source: San Francisco Chronicle] Berkeley has become the first city in the nation to ban the installation of natural gas lines in new homes. The City Council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to ban gas from new low-rise residential buildings starting Jan. 1. It’s not the first time Berkeley has passed pioneering health or environmental Read More…
Governor Newsom names appointee to South Coast AQMD board
[Source: Office of Governor Gavin Newsom] Negar “Nikki” Noushkam, 44, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the South Coast Air Quality Management District Board. Noushkam has been senior project manager at Environmental Remediation Services Inc. since 2007 and chief engineer for the Aerospace Corporation since 2015. Noushkam held several positions at Northrop Grumman from Read More…
AB 161 is a waste of effort, it should be rejected
[Source: Los Angeles Daily News] Because lawmakers in Sacramento seem not to think they have anything better to do, they’ll be holding hearings soon on a new bill to force businesses to be digital receipt compliant. The legislation, Assembly Bill 161, has, as usual, the best of intentions. Paper receipts, of course, consume energy to Read More…
SCA 5 needs to be defeated
[Source: Fox & Hounds] Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 (SCA 5) is set for legislative hearing today. It deserves a quick defeat. Advanced by Sen. Ben Allen, D-Los Angeles, and Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, SCA 5 would lower the current two-thirds vote requirement to pass local school district parcel taxes to 55% percent. Here are Read More…
CalChamber releases 2019 job killer list
[Source: CalChamber] The California Chamber of Commerce today released its annual Job Killer list, which includes 24 bills that would harm California’s economic growth and job creation should they become law. “These bills represent some of the worst policy proposals affecting California employers and our economy currently being considered by Legislature,” said CalChamber President Allan Read More…
Lawmakers already killed measure supporting transparency at the pump
[Source: Ronald Stein, P.E.] California lawmakers are at it again. A 2018 bill, SB 1074, sponsored by State Senator John Moorlach (R) from Costa Mesa and championed by the minority party in the State was effectively bottom drawered by the ruling party, the Democrats. They are now fueling the idea, pun intended, that the oil Read More…
People are fleeing California — here’s why
[Source: PATCH] People come and go for a variety of reasons: Job change. Retirement. A close family member falls ill. In California, residents most often come and go for employment-related reasons. That’s according to the 42nd annual “National Movers Study,” conducted by United Van Lines and published last week. The study tracked its customers’ state-to-state Read More…