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Housing and Transportation: Why California’s Legislature Gets EVERYTHING Wrong

May 1, 2019 2:30 amMay 1, 2019 6:27 am

California, the welcoming sanctuary state, has a population on track to break 40 million by the end of this year. Its highway system was designed to handle a population of 20 million. Its cities, bound by legislated “urban containment,” are...

CA Officials Want Mo Money From FEMA For Oroville Dam Repairs: $333 Million Isn’t Enough

March 11, 2019 2:00 amMarch 11, 2019 7:07 pm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has already committed $333.4 million toward the repairs of the 2017 broken spillway of California’s state owned and operated Oroville Dam. But it’s not enough, according to California state officials. FEMA announced this week it...

Gov. Newsom’s Key Staff Picks: Wade Crowfoot

February 1, 2019 11:02 amFebruary 1, 2019 8:02 am

As part of our ongoing series on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s key staff and appointments, meet Wade Crowfoot, 45, of Oakland, appointed Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency by Newsom. Crowfoot was chief executive officer of the Water Foundation from...