Assembly Bill 130 – California Globe

VMT Housing Tax Buried in Budget Bill Could Add $324,000 Per Home or Apartment

September 8, 2025 7:17 amSeptember 9, 2025 9:26 am

A new Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) housing tax was quietly buried in the recent budget housing bill package in Assembly Bill 130, the bill Newsom signed in June claiming he was reforming CEQA, the Holy Grail of environmental policy, California Environmental...

Awareness Of California’s Transitional Kindergarten Drops Dramatically as First School Year Approaches

July 24, 2025 12:46 pmJuly 25, 2025 6:39 am

Results from a new RAPID survey released on Wednesday found that less than two-thirds of all Californian parents are aware of the new optional Transitional Kindergarten (TK) grade as it enters it’s first statewide school year, down from nearly 90%...