The prospects for the Film California First (FCF) program continuing this next fiscal year as of June 6, 2003, have improved considerably. The outlook brightened when California state Assembly and Senate budget subcommittees agreed to fund the program, albeit at a reduced annual allocation of $6...
On Wednesday, a budget subcommittee of the state Senate axed the governor’s plan to slap awater taxon Californians to fund a safe drinking water program in disadvantaged communities. Newsom endorsed the tax in January and highlighted it last week in his May budget revision. Newsom’s recor...
GREENWIRE|SACRAMENTO, California - How bad is California's wildfire insurance crisis? So bad that the state can't get coverage for its own firehouses. The irony emerged at a state Senate Budget subcommittee hearing Thursday in Sacramento, where Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration defende...
PG&E hasslashed its vegetation management programas part of the company’s effort to curb costs. But with its new budget, PG&E is preparing to spend billions of dollars to strengthen thousands of miles of power lines in regions where the risk of wildfires is high by either b...
there were nine CCPA amendments that passed the California State Assembly and are being considered by the California State Senate. Most of them have been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Six amendments are now headed from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Appropriations Committee in mi...
Only in his very confused mind can a budget be balanced. “More Californians earned their Labor Day this year than have since the recession began, as the state’sEmployment Development Departmentsays the 1.3 million jobs lost during the recession have been regained, and employers are hiring more...
Most lawmakers on the special budget subcommittee participated via videoconference on Thursday in a hearing that tested the technological limits of public debate in an era of social distancing. Just two senators attended the hearing in person, held in a large committee room in the state Capitol. ...
State Senate leader Kevin de León’s opening salvo in the U.S. Senate race against Sen. Dianne Feinstein takes on one of the main frustrations progressives have voiced with her, a refusal to support single-payer health care. “I believe that every family, it doesn’t...
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is among those raising money to help his party retake the House. He’s warning of a “disastrous future” if former President Donald Trump wins the White House and Republicans take charge in the Senate. Under that scenario, Dem...
Senate leader Kevin de Leόn, left, Gov. Jerry Brown and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon after lawmakers approved new climate legislation this month. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Public support for the state’s battle against global warming remains strong an...