CARE – 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...

Carpet Recycling Group Settles With CalRecycle for $1.175 Million

April 1, 2021 2:16 amMarch 31, 2021 8:16 pm

A five year long legal battle between the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and the non-profit carpet recycling group Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) ended on Tuesday with CARE settling the case for $1.175 million dollars. The...