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California Ballot Initiatives: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and the Ugliest

October 26, 2020 9:54 amOctober 26, 2020 10:41 am

There are twelve ballot measures certified to appear on the November 3, 2020 ballot. California Globe has broken them down as the Good, the Bad, the Ugly and Uglier, with the analysis and recommendations of Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, Ballotpedia, the...

Gov. Newsom Replaces Orange County Water Board Member Over Desalination Plant

October 22, 2020 4:04 pmOctober 25, 2020 1:49 pm

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom removed a director of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board after months of criticisms and questions over a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach. Director William von Blasingame had repeatedly challenged the Governor...

CDCR Announces That 8 Prisoner Wildfire Camps Will Close by End of Year

October 21, 2020 3:16 pmMarch 28, 2022 4:12 pm

Earlier this week, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced that 8 of it’s 43 prisoner wildfire camps, known as Conservation Camps, will be closing at the end of the year. The closures will be split between Northern...

Gov. Newsom Order on Singing at Gatherings Hits a High C of Ridiculousness

October 18, 2020 12:08 pmMarch 17, 2022 8:36 pm

California Globe’s story last week about the governor’s new order—which limits gatherings to three households, under two hours, and with no singing—has become one of the most read stories (and especially tweeted) in this site’s history. One of the most...

PG&E Resumes Blackouts, Turns Off Power To 50,000 People in NorCal

October 15, 2020 2:07 pmOctober 16, 2020 6:09 am

On Wednesday evening, Northern California utility company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced that more than 50,000 people would be without power for up to two days as windy weather, high temperatures, and dry conditions increased the likelihood of a...

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...

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...