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California Looks to Pass Backup Power Laws for Cellphone Towers Across the State

January 9, 2020 7:03 am

In Sacramento on Wednesday, lawmakers met with representatives from AT&T and Verizon over what can be done about future planned blackouts. In addition, a new bill was introduced making it mandatory to have backup power in areas at risk of...

State of California Joins Decade Long Battle Over San Mateo County Beach

January 6, 2020 5:17 pmJanuary 7, 2020 12:48 pm

For over a decade Sun Microsystems founder Vinod Khosla has been involved in a dispute over a road to a beach that has made international headlines. The fight over Martins Beach At the center of the conflict is Martins Beach,...

$4.2 Billion Climate Bond Bill Receives a Renewed Push After Stalling Last Year

January 6, 2020 1:23 pmJanuary 6, 2020 1:23 pm

A renewed effort to pass a bill to put a $4.2 billion bond on the November ballot to help combat various climate and environmental dangers in California is currently underway by several Senators and Assemblymembers in Sacramento. A $4.2 billion...

Judge Upholds California’s Ban On Incandescent Light Bulbs

January 2, 2020 11:55 am

On Tuesday a federal judge in Sacramento upheld the new California law than bans incandescent and other types of energy inefficient light bulbs. Two light bulb industry groups, the American Lighting Association (ALA) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA),...

Tree Clearing Measures Used to Slow Wildfires Are Now Easier to Approve

January 2, 2020 7:05 am

On Tuesday the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (BFFP) accepted a new program that makes tree clearing and tree thinning permits easier to approve. The easier to receive permits are designed to either stop or slow down wildfire...

California’s Ban on Alligator and Crocodile Product Sales is Blocked By Louisiana in Lawsuit

December 30, 2019 2:49 pm

California’s statewide ban on alligator and crocodile product sales, which was to go into effect on January 1st, has been temporally halted in Federal Court. U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller ruled to give Louisiana a temporary order only a...

Per-Minute Electric Car Billing to be Banned in California

December 26, 2019 2:50 pmDecember 27, 2019 10:56 am

After years of complaints of electric car charging stations billing by the minute and running up costs, California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has announced that new rules prohibiting the practice will commence on January 1st. Per minute charging and...