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California Releasing Water from Reservoirs, Claiming Drought Conditions

April 7, 2021   4:13 pmApril 9, 2021   11:17 am
AccuWeather reports a snow survey in California revealed that the state only received about 50% of its average precipitation during the 2021 water year, tying it for its third-driest on record. As for water storage, AccuWeather says: Lake Shasta, California’s largest...
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Voters Know CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before Pandemic

March 14, 2021   4:03 pmMarch 14, 2021   4:32 pm
A more contrite-sounding California Gov. Gavin Newsom is now acknowledging some of his mistakes in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, however, he still doesn’t understand that it’s much more than the pandemic snafus that are fueling the RecallGavin2020 movement....
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Assembly Feud: Assemblyman Gray Loses Committee Chairmanship; his 6-Month Pregnant Secretary is Terminated

December 18, 2020   2:21 pmDecember 18, 2020   2:21 pm
The 2021-22 California Legislative Session officially began on December 7, 2020. The two houses’ legislative leaders announced lawmakers’ committee assignments this week, complete with a few shake-ups. Thursday the California Globe was informed that with the newly appointed Assembly Governmental...
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2020 General Election Preview: 1st Senate District

October 27, 2020   2:20 amOctober 28, 2020   11:00 am
Taking up pretty much all of Northeastern California, the 1st Senate District is mostly forest, mountains, and farms.  One of the largest senate districts, the 1st includes Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou counties, as well...
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Peter Gleick’s National Water Plan for California

October 12, 2020   6:55 amOctober 12, 2020   11:11 am
California’s water policy is overwhelmingly a local matter.  But if you read the mainstream media you might think that it was mostly a state or federal issue. For example, consider that two thirds of all spending on water projects in...
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Bill To ‘Combat Biodiversity and Climate Crises’ Fails in the Legislature, but Resurrected as Executive Order

October 7, 2020   2:59 pmOctober 8, 2020   4:16 pm
Two bills would have established new land, water, and ocean protection goals, including to protect 30 percent of the state’s land areas and water by 2030. Assembly Bill 3030, by Assembly Member Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), as well as AB...
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Court Opens Up Big Prop.13 Loophole for ‘Public Franchise Fees’

October 2, 2020   7:07 amOctober 7, 2020   7:49 pm
Two recent court cases have created a contested loophole in property-tax related Propositions 13, 26 and 218 which would cause a legal and actual tax earthquake in California. Cities have already started to impose legally unhinged toll booth-like charges, called...
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