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Guest Commentary: Caltrans Games System to Get Another ‘Environmental’ Award for Highway Widening

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|Date: May 16, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Caltrans Games System to Get Another ‘Environmental’ Award for Highway Widening

Why actually try to fight global warming and make a more sustainable future when you can just lie about i ...

Why actually try to fight global warming and make a more sustainable future when you can just lie about it? By Roger Rudick The Caltrans division that handles the Bay Area received an “environmental” ...

May 16, 2023
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Davis Habitat, Climate Project Bill Advances

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|Date: April 13, 2023
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Davis Habitat, Climate Project Bill Advances

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, announced today his legislation that wou ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, announced today his legislation that would allow the city of Davis to help create endangered species preserves and support climate miti ...

April 13, 2023
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Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: April 12, 2023
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Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations

Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, ...

Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Sheila Teker Since the beginning of 2023, California has been hit by ...

April 12, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: As If on Cue, Court Illustrates Problems with CEQA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: As If on Cue, Court Illustrates Problems with CEQA

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Earlier this week, I noted the continued problems with CEQA and it ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Earlier this week, I noted the continued problems with CEQA and its ability to thwart housing projects—and then a California Appellate Court on cue provided a ca ...

February 26, 2023
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Governor Newsom Takes on Big Oil

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|Date: February 23, 2023
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Governor Newsom Takes on Big Oil

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - the California State Senate hosted the first informational heari ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - the California State Senate hosted the first informational hearing of the special session to pass a gas price gouging penalty and transparency measures. WHY IT ...

February 23, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Another Abuse of CEQA, Students As Noise

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Another Abuse of CEQA, Students As Noise

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week, the LA Times came out with yet another editorial on the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week, the LA Times came out with yet another editorial on the housing crisis, this time, arguing, “CEQA is too easily weaponized to block housing and slow e ...

February 06, 2023
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California Releases World’s First Plan to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Pollution

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|Date: November 17, 2022
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California Releases World’s First Plan to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Pollution

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its updated p ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its updated proposal to implement the most ambitious climate action of any jurisdiction in the world, taking ...

November 17, 2022
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California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 25, 2022
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California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020

By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB ...

By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB 1020) bill which aims to reduce the state’s dependency on fossil fuels in three stages. The fir ...

October 25, 2022
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My View: Renewable Energy, Electric Cars and, Of Course, Drive Less

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2022
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My View: Renewable Energy, Electric Cars and, Of Course, Drive Less

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The record heat of last week was a good reminder ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The record heat of last week was a good reminder to Californians what they are up against—we saw record temperatures and a strained but not brok ...

September 17, 2022
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Legislation to Expedite Sustainable Transportation Projects Passes Assembly

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|Date: August 09, 2022
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Legislation to Expedite Sustainable Transportation Projects Passes Assembly

SB 922 accelerates approvals of light rail, rapid bus, bike and pedestrian projects and allows infrastruc ...

SB 922 accelerates approvals of light rail, rapid bus, bike and pedestrian projects and allows infrastructure funds to be deployed more quickly Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – SB 922 was pass ...

August 09, 2022
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PG&E Agrees to Pay Off Settlement of 55 Million Dollars for Multiple California Wildfires

Posted by Jordan
|Date: April 23, 2022
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PG&E Agrees to Pay Off Settlement of 55 Million Dollars for Multiple California Wildfires

By Jose Cruz Roa SACRAMENTO, CA - On April 11, 2022, one of the largest electric providers in the ...

By Jose Cruz Roa SACRAMENTO, CA - On April 11, 2022, one of the largest electric providers in the United States, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has agreed to pay 55 million dollars in pen ...

April 23, 2022
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Senate Introduces Legislation to Enhance Zero Carbon Goals, Meet Needs of Working Californians

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|Date: April 22, 2022
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Senate Introduces Legislation to Enhance Zero Carbon Goals, Meet Needs of Working Californians

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA - After months of work to determine solutions that would enhance the sta ...

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA - After months of work to determine solutions that would enhance the state’s ability to meet the challenges of climate change, adaptation, and resiliency through an eq ...

April 22, 2022
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Reps Porter and Panetta Call for New Study into Toxins at Fort Ord

Posted by Jordan
|Date: March 12, 2022
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Reps Porter and Panetta Call for New Study into Toxins at Fort Ord

Photo by John Loo By: Emily Andrews MONTEREY, CA - Two California federal congressional representa ...

Photo by John Loo By: Emily Andrews MONTEREY, CA - Two California federal congressional representatives, Katie Porter (D- Orange County) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Monterey), have asked the federal g ...

March 12, 2022
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Legislature May Lift Restrictions on Berkeley Enrollment with New Legislation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 12, 2022
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Legislature May Lift Restrictions on Berkeley Enrollment with New Legislation

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – A week after the state’s high court left in place ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – A week after the state’s high court left in place restrictions on enrollment at UC Berkeley, legislators have introduced legislation to overturn ...

March 12, 2022
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Wildfire Raging against California Necessitates More Funding on Restoration and Preparedness Vice President Harris Says

Posted by Jordan
|Date: January 28, 2022
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Wildfire Raging against California Necessitates More Funding on Restoration and Preparedness Vice President Harris Says

By Chujun Tang SAN BERNARDINO, CA — Vice President Kamala Harris declared during her visit to San ...

By Chujun Tang SAN BERNARDINO, CA — Vice President Kamala Harris declared during her visit to San Bernardino on Friday that billions of dollars in federal funds would be dedicated to the mitiga ...

January 28, 2022
| by Jordan

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California to Create New Jobs Through California Climate Action Corps

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: October 27, 2021
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California to Create New Jobs Through California Climate Action Corps

By Jess Taylor California has once again faced another wildfire season. According to H.D. Palmer, Deputy ...

By Jess Taylor California has once again faced another wildfire season. According to H.D. Palmer, Deputy Director of the State Department of Finance, the wildfires have so far cost the state $841.1 m ...

October 27, 2021
| by Linh Nguyen

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why the Climate Package Is the Most Immediate and Urgent Need

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 27, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why the Climate Package Is the Most Immediate and Urgent Need

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor More than a decade ago, the Vanguard was among the first (and init ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor More than a decade ago, the Vanguard was among the first (and initially among the only) voices warning of the impending pension crisis in Davis. It took some ti ...

September 27, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Signs Historic Climate Action Package – $15 Billion to Tackle Climate Crisis and Protect Vulnerable Communities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2021
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Governor Signs Historic Climate Action Package – $15 Billion to Tackle Climate Crisis and Protect Vulnerable Communities

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With California facing a severe drought and water ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With California facing a severe drought and water shortage as well as being plagued once again by historic fires that many experts believe are b ...

September 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Is California Still the Land of Opportunity?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Is California Still the Land of Opportunity?

by Mark Dempsey The errors and omissions in The Atlantic's recent The California Dream Is Dying article a ...

by Mark Dempsey The errors and omissions in The Atlantic's recent The California Dream Is Dying article are the very definition of "fake news." The causes the article cites for that dying dream includ ...

July 26, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: E-Bike Incentive Bill Would Help Improve Air Quality (and Physical Fitness)

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|Date: April 10, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: E-Bike Incentive Bill Would Help Improve Air Quality (and Physical Fitness)

By Eric Gelber AB 117 (Horvath), sponsored by the California Bicycle Coalition, would establish a pilot p ...

By Eric Gelber AB 117 (Horvath), sponsored by the California Bicycle Coalition, would establish a pilot program to incentivize the purchase electric bicycles (e-bikes) by providing rebates as a means ...

April 10, 2021
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