End of Session Housing Bills - Bright Spots That Could Have Been Much Brighter

Right by the Bay | Tim Anaya
August 31, 2022

Sacramento lawmakers just passed two measures to remove some of the government-created roadblocks to housing construction – a rare bright spot in a session dominated by the quest for more government control.

This bright spot could have actually been much brighter had it not been for special interest groups nearly derailing the bills at the eleventh hour.  The debate was an unusual one as it involved two bills being pushed by prominent capitol Democrats that divided organized labor.
 

Newsom End of Session Climate Rush Deserves Hard Look from Legislature
 

Right by the Bay | Kerry Jackson
August 30, 2022

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be sure that as many people as possible know that “we will be the first jurisdiction in the world to require all new cars to be sold to be alternative fuel cars,” following a bureaucratic decision to follow his executive order. But done, he is not. The governor is urging lawmakers to do more, and he has shared his “urgent proposals addressing climate change with the state Legislature.” And these things have to be done right away, because “later is too late.”


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Newsom Dives In The Deep End
 

Economic Standard | Kerry Jackson
August 31, 2022

Gov. Gavin Newsom has unwrapped a long-overdue plan to quench California’s perpetual thirst. While a bit late and slightly off the mark, his $8 billion Water Supply Strategy is a welcomed development in a state that really needs one.

The governor called it “an aggressive plan to rebuild the way we source, store and deliver water.” We’d call it painfully overdue. The state has long been parched, and things have gotten worse in recent years: 2021 was the driest year since 1924, while the first four months of 2022 were the driest on record.


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Public Colleges Become Most Recent "Winners" in Sacramento CEQA Exemptions
 

Right by the Bay | Emily Humpal
September 7, 2022

Another legislative session in Sacramento has come to a close, but not without lawmakers choosing more winners and losers in the battle of who receives a CEQA exemption and who does not.


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