Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new carbon market rules threatened money for certain climate programs. He struck a deal to continue funding for transit and water projects.
Month: September 2026
Supporters said a condo construction bill would unlock affordable for-sale housing that California desperately needs. But deadlines matter.
Lawmakers let CalSHAPE lapse, sending $191 million in unused school AC funds back to utilities instead of classrooms.
The measure, which was opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s public utiliites, never came to a vote in the Assembly.
Last year the Trump administration cut more than 1,000 California science research grants. A bond measure would restore some of that funding.
Imperial County was touted as the ‘Saudi Arabia of lithium.’ Years later, projects are behind schedule and workers are waiting for jobs.
California will use $125 million from a climate bond to turn the shuttered Golden Gate Fields racetrack into a public waterfront park
Tijuana River pollution has caused asthma, stomach illness and other ailments for decades. Now officials are floating a billion dollar plan to clean it up.