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CalWatchdog Morning Read – January 23

Snack tax may soon be back Voter fraud test Cap and trade suit vital to state’s environmental policies Newsom: Thiel gubernatorial run could be “intriguing” Voters removed much wiggle room from budget Good morning! A tax on snacks may soon be back.

New report: CA high-speed rail faces 50 percent cost overruns

Steven Greenhut January 17, 2017

SACRAMENTO – California’s ongoing “high-speed rail” project connecting Los Angeles with San Francisco continues to run up against the same, recurring problem since voters gave the plan initial bond funding in a 2008 statewide initiative. There’s a growing chasm between

Gov. Brown signs controversial new climate bills

James Poulos September 15, 2016

Over staunch opposition on his right, Gov. Jerry Brown signed several new climate bills into law, aiming to keep California on the regulatory trajectory first set during former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration. That suite of laws, “in which polluters pay to

CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 15

CalWatchdog Staff September 15, 2016

Transparency ballot measure nearly unopposed Outside groups want transportation deal done in lame-duck Senate candidates fight over for-profit colleges, Trump University New law prevents renter blacklist Gov. Brown signs more environmental laws Good Thursday morning! While the governor pumps out

CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 14

CalWatchdog Staff September 14, 2016

Sales tax on tampons is here for another year Nearly 2/3 of Californians support November’s gun-control measure $2 billion bond for housing for homeless gets green light Ex-wife of Issa challenger defends man she once accused of stalking her Yes

CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 1

CalWatchdog Staff September 1, 2016

Cap-and-trade spending deal reached Legislators honor fellow member accused of domestic violence Wins and losses from legislative session Hope for the Delta Smelt? Censorship at the county fair PUC deal DOA in Senate Good morning. Welcome to the first day

Cap-and-trade deal reached, heads to Gov. Brown for approval

Matt Fleming August 31, 2016

Gov. Jerry Brown and legislators reached an agreement on Wednesday on what to do with around a billion dollars of cap-and-trade revenue. The deal was announced earlier in the day and was approved by dinner after a longstanding battle between legislative

CalWatchdog Morning Read – August 25

CalWatchdog Staff August 25, 2016

Environmentalists won on Wednesday Student test scores show CA has long way to go CA may soon have new definition of rape Opposition is the other party, but the other chamber is the enemy Policing for profit bill heads to

Climate policy expansion clears biggest legislative hurdle

Matt Fleming August 23, 2016

An extension and expansion of one of the state’s landmark environmental laws cleared the Assembly on Tuesday — all but guaranteeing the bill’s ultimate passage. Senate Bill 32 would require the Air Resources Board to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions in

CalWatchdog Morning Read – August 16

CalWatchdog Staff August 16, 2016

Bill curbing abuses of “policing for profit” clears major hurdle Another state agency is flaunting CA environmental laws Fresno the new Flint? Trump is now the nominee of two parties Brown proposes cap and trade in climate change bill Good