A California assemblywoman is introducing two environmental justice (EJ) bills that would prohibit state resources from being used to advance freeway widening projects in areas with high rates of pollution and poverty, and block the construction of new industrial facilities if they increase criteria o...
California Safe Schools (CSS) is a children’s environmental health and environmental justice non-profit. CSS achieved national and international prominence by spearheading the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Policy, and for th...
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Capitol insiders note, however, that if any Democrat accepts oil money, all of them do because all Democratic lawmakers are expected to donate money from their individual contributions back to the Democratic caucus. As one lawmaker put it during a background conversation, "It may b...
months, the bill had cleared the Legislature; in 2002, it was signed into law by the governor. Environmental leaders applauded the state for making the first national foray into regulating pollutants that cause climate change; state regulators swiftly drew up the rules to meet the law’s ...
UC Law San Francisco Professor Dorit Reiss says from immigration to environmental laws, California won a number of cases the first time around, because the administration's work was frequently sloppy. "So the first big question, the million dollar question, what exactly...
Justice and other state agencies to be used for court challenges and administrative actions. Newsom announced the session following Trump's election victory last month. Hearings will take place over the next several weeks, with a goal of signing legislation into law before Trump's inauguration Jan...
where he prosecuted a variety of federal criminal cases. He also previously worked as an associate at the law firm of Stoel Rives LLP. The U.S. Attorney’s Main Office is located at 501 “I” Street, Suite 10-100, Sacramento, CA 95814. You can reach the U.S. Attorney’s Main Offi...
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday over a law that allows the state to block the U.S. government from selling federal lands. The law, enacted in October, gives the State Lands Commission a first right of...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on June 30 a bill that aims to drastically cut single-use waste in the Golden State by shifting...