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New Study Finds California Unlikely To Meet Some 2030 Environmental Goals

March 15, 2024 12:19 pmMarch 15, 2024 12:19 pm

According to a new study by environmental non-profit group Next 10, California is not going to meet their goal of reducing greenhouse gases in the state by 40% where they were in the 1990’s by 2030, with it showing that,...

Mayor Bass Signs Climate Agreement with Finland While Mayor Steinberg Calls for Gaza Cease-Fire

March 15, 2024 10:14 amMarch 15, 2024 10:26 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass just signed an agreement with Finland creating a partnership to confront climate change – together. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced Thursday that he will bring a resolution to the city council calling for a cease-fire...

San Diego City Council Eyes Sales Tax Increase to 8.75%

March 15, 2024 2:45 amMarch 15, 2024 2:46 am

Momentum is growing both for and against a proposed sales tax increase in San Diego by 1% from 7.75% to 8.75%. The San Diego City Council rules committee is due to make their decision on the proposal next week. Currently,...

Prop 1 Vote Remains Close: 91% Of The Vote In, Less Than 25,000 Difference

March 14, 2024 8:31 pmMarch 14, 2024 8:31 pm

Following the most recent vote tabulations by the California Secretary of State’s office on Wednesday evening, Proposition 1 remained at virtual deadlock, with the yes vote narrowly ahead of the no vote 3,371,988 to 3,348,945, or 50.17% to 49.83%. Proposition...

U.S. House 16th District Race Goes Down To The Wire – 60 Votes Between 2nd Place Candidates

March 14, 2024 12:25 pmMarch 14, 2024 12:25 pm

A large Secretary of State voting count update late on Wednesday pushed the U.S. House 16th District primary race to be the closest in the state, with Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) and Santa Clara County Supervisor and former state Senator...

Californians Paying 140% More For Electricity than Other States

March 14, 2024 2:55 amMarch 15, 2024 11:50 am

Electricity in Taft, California costs 275% more than what electricity costs in Bullhead City, Arizona. While residents of Los Angeles and San Francisco may feel comfortably smug hundreds of miles away from the Kern County city, it is rare to...

The Greenberg Brief: San Francisco’s Political Alliances Are About To Implode

March 14, 2024 2:48 amMarch 15, 2024 6:49 am

Supporting your preferred mayoral candidate is quickly becoming that much more difficult, as San Francisco’s eyes turn towards November. Power players and enthusiastic community advocates are quick to divert or jump ship. Some even make strange bedfellows. Case in point:...