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Senate Republicans Outline Decades of Democrats Killing Wildfire Prevention Bills

January 22, 2025 5:07 pmJanuary 23, 2025 1:10 pm

With several wildfires still blazing in Los Angeles, the Globe has been reflecting on how and why this is happening, especially with the state’s recent history of devastating and deadly wildfires. We harkened back to former Gov. Jerry Brown, who...

Ringside: Quantifying the Upside of More Lawns

January 22, 2025 2:47 pmJanuary 22, 2025 2:47 pm

A respected advocate for farming interests in California once explained to me that every acre of lawn requires 5 acre feet of water per year. The unsubtle implication was that the more lawn we kill, the less water we waste....

More California Chickens Come Home to Roast

January 22, 2025 1:42 pmJanuary 22, 2025 1:42 pm

What burns hotter than a disco inferno? A fire in a battery energy storage system designed to store electricity from intermittent sources such as wind and solar. Both Goleta and Nipomo have these battery energy storage facilities and Lompoc may...

California Lawmakers Hold Candlelight ‘Healing Circle’ because Trump

January 22, 2025 7:27 amJanuary 23, 2025 6:20 am

A small group of California legislators gathered on the west steps of the California State Capitol Tuesday evening to hold a “healing circle” in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. According to Capitol reporter Eytan Wallace, the event included...

President Trump to Gov. Newsom: We’re Putting People over Fish

January 22, 2025 3:15 amJanuary 22, 2025 3:03 pm

Gavin Newsom has seen the light! He’s cutting the state’s business-killing, business-prevention regulations. Hallelujah! “Goodbye red tape. Goodbye bureaucratic nonsense. We’re taking urgent action to speed up debris removal and prevent any further damage to communities that have been impacted...

Public Contract Code Definitions

January 22, 2025 2:30 amJanuary 22, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Public Contract Code, in Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 2, Article 1, there are definitions related to the state acquisition of goods and services. Section 10290 defines the following terms: “department,” “director,” “centralized purchasing,” “goods,” “office,” “price schedule,” “regional...

‘Impeach Trump’ is Back in Business

January 21, 2025 2:56 pmJanuary 22, 2025 3:04 pm

On Inauguration Day, as President Donald Trump was being sworn in, impeachment efforts were already in play. “Trump’s return to the White House poses an unprecedented threat to our democracy,” said Free Speech for People, the non-profit parent organization of...