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Tag: Jim Nielsen

California’s Perfect Storm: Historical Devastating Fires and the State’s Insurance Crisis

January 8, 2025   8:24 amJanuary 9, 2025   12:10 pm
As wildfires tear through Southern California burning down entire neighborhoods, homeowners are reporting that insurance companies recently cancelled their fire insurance. California’s perfect storm is a mishmash of destructive water policy, environmental policy, and a political insurance crisis. The Southern...
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State Senator Jim Nielsen Announces His Retirement

November 19, 2022   2:30 amNovember 18, 2022   5:18 pm
Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Red Bluff) announced his retirement on Friday, ending a long string of elected positions and board appointments dating back to the late 1970’s. Born in 1944 in Fresno and a graduate of CSU Fresno, Nielsen first entered...
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Gov. Newsom Announces Gigantic $97.5 Billion State Surplus During $300.7 Billion State Budget Proposal Announcement

May 13, 2022   4:08 pm
During Governor Gavin Newsom’s $300.7 billion 2022-2023 revised state budget proposal announcement on Friday, he proceeded to astound Californians by also stating that the state budget surplus was now $97.5 billion. The figure towers over last years $38 billion surplus...
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Bill To Require State Parks Meet Local Open Fire Laws Moved to Senate Committee

February 25, 2022   2:18 amFebruary 24, 2022   9:18 pm
A bipartisan bill to require state parks under the Department of Parks and Recreation to meet local fire laws was moved to the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee on Wednesday, only 9 days after being introduced. Senate Bill 1012,...
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Expert Testimony Limitations, Wrongful Convictions Bill Passed By Senate

January 27, 2022   2:15 amJanuary 26, 2022   7:56 pm
A bill that would greatly raise the standards for evaluating expert testimony and forensics in courts, as well as make it easier for those convicted to try for exoneration based on false expert witness testimony, was passed 30-3 by the...
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Gov. Newsom Misled Public about Wildfire Prevention Efforts

September 30, 2021   2:35 amApril 3, 2022   7:32 am
The June 2021 report which exposed that Gov. Gavin Newsom misled the public about his wildfire prevention efforts by 690%, should have obligated applicable state agencies to act immediately. There are still many unanswered questions. The Globe has been following...
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Oversight Hearing Request Following Reports Investigation Gov. Newsom ‘Mislead the Public’ About State’s Wildfire Prevention Efforts

June 28, 2021   2:53 pmJuly 1, 2021   7:12 am
State lawmakers announced on Monday that they would be requesting a joint Senate Budget Committee oversight hearing with the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and the Environmental Quality Committee to look over wildfires and wildfire reduction programs within the...
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