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State celebrates five years and secure water for hundreds of thousands of Californians thanks to the SAFER drinking water program
State officials, advocates and residents gathered in Porterville on Monday, July 22, to celebrate the five-year mark of a state drinking water program born of the crippling 2012-2016 drought. That’s when the entire community of east Porterville went dry – for months. There was no government program available to help...
Ports to See $27M Investment in Data Interoperability, Sustainability
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) recently announced the creation of a $27 million Containerized Ports Interoperability Grant Program. The first-of-its-kind program — a coordinated effort between Build Momentum (Momentum) and Insight Softmax Consulting (ISC) — will fund 10 data interoperability projects at containerized ports in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego and Hueneme.
Classroom Teacher's View: LAUSD Kids Need AB 1955's Protections
LGBTQ - AB 1955, signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom last week, will prohibit educational entities from “enacting or enforcing any policy…that requires an employee…to disclose any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to any other person without the pupil’s consent unless otherwise required by law.” The new law also prohibits “retaliation…against an employee on the basis that the employee supported a pupil” in such situations.
Former L.A. mayor looks to become first Latino governor of California in more than a century
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has announced his candidacy for the 2026 California gubernatorial election. Villaraigosa, 71, previously ran for governor in 2018 but finished third in the primaries. The election was won by then-Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. If elected, Villaraigosa would become just the second Latino governor of...
Fire Insurance Part 4: No Easy Solutions
So where do we go from here? Is Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara going to pull a rabbit out of a hat this December just like he’s been promising for the last 15 months? And will his much-hyped Sustainable Insurance Strategy really solve all of Orinda’s fire insurance problems?
MADE IN NEVADA: Comstock Metals
SILVER SPRINGS, Nev. (KOLO) - The two men who launched Comstock Metals say only their Company can recycle 100 percent of a solar panel, keeping toxins out of landfills and groundwater. This is significant because California’s 2021 law banning solar panels from landfills will force much of this waste to...
Higher Vacancies, Lower Rates Seen in Annual Survey of Regional Rental Market
The Southern California Rental Housing Association announced Thursday that its annual Vacancy and Rental Rate Survey found increased availability and a decrease in rents compared to last year. “The 2024 annual Survey indicates what industry members have been experiencing; higher vacancies and lower asking rents,” said Alan Pentico, executive director...
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