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California Hits Milestones Toward 100% Clean Energy — But Has a Long Way to Go
California has given America a glimpse at what running one of the world’s largest economies on renewable energy might look like. The state recently hit a milestone: 100 days this year with 100% carbon-free, renewable electricity for at least a part of each day, as tracked by Stanford University engineering Professor Mark Z. Jacobson.
Big California health care businesses win exemptions from proposed hedge fund rules
CALIFORNIA, USA — California lawmakers are poised to vote for the first time on regulating private equity investments in health care, but the proposal they will weigh in on carves out exemptions for some of the industry’s biggest players. Heavy lobbying from deep-pocketed health care and investor groups...
Santa Barbara Supervisors Endorse State Bills to Revise Plastic Bag Ban
With no opposition, the county supervisors voted to endorse a couple of statehouse bills — Senate Bill 1053 and Assembly Bill 2236 — that would ban the use of plastic bags in supermarkets and retail operations in California. Although the state legislature banned single-use plastic bags in 2016,...
San Bernardino County secession from California 'unnecessary' and 'unlikely,' new study shows
When San Bernardino County voters narrowly approved Measure EE in 2022, it authorized the county government to explore the idea of seceding from the state of California if the region wasn't getting its fair share of state resources.Turns out, it is.This week, the county government revealed the results of a study conducted by the Blue Sky Consulting Group that shows the county actually receives 9% more state funding per person than other counties statewide."For the most part, it shows that San Bernardino County does get on average its fair share," said Fourth District Supervisor Curt Hagman. "The truth is in...
Newsom delivers California's delegates to Harris at DNC
In a made-in-California moment, Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered the state's delegates to Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday, ceremonially nominating her for president.Surrounded by members of the California delegation including civil rights and labor leader Dolores Huerta, Los Angeles Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democratic Party Chairman Rusty Hicks and House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Newsom spoke as he cast the state's 482 votes from the floor. "I've had the privilege for over 20 years to see that future taking shape with a star in an Alameda [County] courtroom by the name of Kamala Harris,"...
Ted Danson on Oceana’s SeaChange Summer Party, Working With Amazon to Reduce Single-Use Plastic
Oceana, the world’s largest international advocacy organization focused on ocean conservation, held its annual SeaChange Summer Party on Saturday. Alan Cumming to Host .ORG Impact Awards to Honor "Mission-Driven" Changemakers (Exclusive) The Laguna Beach party, hosted this year by Ted Danson, raised $1.5 million for campaigns to protect and restore the oceans in California and around the world. “We’ve been doing it for 17 years, and we’ve raised over $20 million just from that area alone,” Danson told THR. “They are such a dedicated, supportive, generous audience down there, it’s one of our favorite events,” the actor said, adding that the...
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