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Gambling interests gave $1M to California lawmakers. Did it influence their votes?
California’s rival gambling interests gave the 22 members of an obscure legislative committee more than $1 million in campaign donations. Did the cash infusion to this “juice committee” influence members’ votes?
Coastal consultant speaks up on sea level rise, local impact of state regulations
During a community forum last week, a longtime coastal planning consultant shared insight on sea level rise policies in the state and their local impact. During the Speak Up Newport’s monthly meeting on Wednesday (July 10), the featured speaker was Don Schmitz, president and principal planner of the land use consulting firm Schmitz & Associates. Schmitz represents a wide variety of clients, including the city of Newport Beach, for items that go before the California Coastal Commission. He also works as the consultant for Smart Coast California. He’s been involved with coastal planning and issues related to sea level rise for many years.
Masimo files lawsuit against activist investor Politan
(Reuters) -Medical device maker Masimo Corp said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Politan Capital in a California federal court, seeking to force the activist investor to correct "material misstatements and omissions" in its proxy materials.
California’s wildfires are burning far more land so far this year than in 2023
So far in this year’s California’s wildfire season, about 20 times more acres of land have burned than around this time last year. Since the beginning of the year, there were more than 3,500 wildfires across the state through early July, causing about 207,000 acres of land to burn. Around this time last year, about 10,000 acres had burned. The five-year average of acres burned through mid-July is about 39,000, Cal Fire said last week.
Dangerous Crime! Gavin Newsom Backed by Big-Spending Prison Union: Dominant Force or Under Threat?
WFCN – The president of one of the biggest and most influential unions in California declared in a newsletter one year after assuming the position that he aspired to be “the 800 pound gorilla” in Sacramento politics. Since then, in a manner it had never done before,...
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