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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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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A Lifeline for Threatened and Endangered Species: Governor Newsom Signs Rodenticide Moratorium

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 01, 2020
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A Lifeline for Threatened and Endangered Species: Governor Newsom Signs Rodenticide Moratorium

by Debra Chase By signing the California’s new rodenticide moratorium today, Governor Gavin Newsom has ex ...

by Debra Chase By signing the California’s new rodenticide moratorium today, Governor Gavin Newsom has extended a lifeline to some of the state’s threatened and endangered species. The Mountain Lion F ...

October 01, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Climate Protestors Descend on Capitol, Governor Newsom Responds with Climate-Oriented Executive Orders

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: September 30, 2020
| (1) Comment

Climate Protestors Descend on Capitol, Governor Newsom Responds with Climate-Oriented Executive Orders

By Myles Roach SACRAMENTO -- On the morning of Sep. 23, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his a ...

By Myles Roach SACRAMENTO -- On the morning of Sep. 23, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his administration’s intention to end the sale of gas-powered vehicles in California by 2035 and to ...

September 30, 2020
| by Linh Nguyen

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Commentary: Media Focuses on One Denial by President, Ignores Another

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2020
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Commentary: Media Focuses on One Denial by President, Ignores Another

By David M. Greenwald Most of the nation was focused on Wednesday on the revelations from Bob Woodward th ...

By David M. Greenwald Most of the nation was focused on Wednesday on the revelations from Bob Woodward that President Trump knew in February that COVID was both airborne and dangerous (as though we di ...

September 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Heat, Fires, Post-Apocalyptic Landscape Punctuate September in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2020
| (51) Comments

Commentary: Heat, Fires, Post-Apocalyptic Landscape Punctuate September in California

By David M. Greenwald In 1987, I was a freshman in high school in San Luis Obispo. One miserable day th ...

By David M. Greenwald In 1987, I was a freshman in high school in San Luis Obispo. One miserable day the temperature hit a whopping 111 degrees—the highest in the country that day and the highest ev ...

September 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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California’s Mountain Lions Receive Further Protection

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 19, 2020
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California’s Mountain Lions Receive Further Protection

(From press release) In a welcome move to protect California’s mountain lions, the California Department ...

(From press release) In a welcome move to protect California’s mountain lions, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) expanded the boundary of the three strikes mountain lion depredatio ...

February 19, 2020
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Hope for California’s Southern and Central Coast Mountain Lions

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 14, 2020
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Hope for California’s Southern and Central Coast Mountain Lions

(From Press Release) - Current protections under California law couldn’t save p56, the first lion killed ...

(From Press Release) - Current protections under California law couldn’t save p56, the first lion killed under the States three strikes law, yet there is now hope that P56 didn’t die in vain. The Peti ...

February 14, 2020
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Senator Wiener Wants to Turn PG&E into a Publicly-Owned Utility

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 04, 2020
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Senator Wiener Wants to Turn PG&E into a Publicly-Owned Utility

In an effort to fundamentally reform PG&E, this legislation will turn it into a public utility focuse ...

In an effort to fundamentally reform PG&E, this legislation will turn it into a public utility focused on safety, reliability, and affordability instead of profits Monday, Senator Scott Wiener (D- ...

February 04, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Assemblymember Bonta Announces Launch of California Green New Deal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 07, 2020
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Assemblymember Bonta Announces Launch of California Green New Deal

(From Press Release - Assemblymember Bonta) - Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today unveiled details ...

(From Press Release - Assemblymember Bonta) - Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today unveiled details of the California Green New Deal Act (AB 1839) that will boldly address the impacts of climate ...

January 07, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: State Takeover of PG&E not only Reasonable but Warranted under the Circumstances

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: State Takeover of PG&E not only Reasonable but Warranted under the Circumstances

It is hard to blame Governor Gavin Newsom for the problems involving PG&E and the threat of wildfires ...

It is hard to blame Governor Gavin Newsom for the problems involving PG&E and the threat of wildfires fueled by howling winds and dry conditions. But he only has to look to 2003 to know what can ...

November 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Wind, Fire, Power Outrages – Post Climate Change California’s Normal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2019
| (6) Comments

Commentary: Wind, Fire, Power Outrages – Post Climate Change California’s Normal?

It is easy to point your finger at PG&E, at their failure to plan and maintain their electrical lines ...

It is easy to point your finger at PG&E, at their failure to plan and maintain their electrical lines, their untenable solution of turning off power for long periods of time – this is a disaster. ...

October 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump Administration’s Attempt to Trample California’s Authority to Maintain Longstanding Clean Car Standards

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 21, 2019
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Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump Administration’s Attempt to Trample California’s Authority to Maintain Longstanding Clean Car Standards

(From Press Release- AG's Office) - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today, with Governor Gavin ...

(From Press Release- AG's Office) - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today, with Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board, led a coalition of 24 attorneys general and the ...

September 21, 2019
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Trump Sets Up a Court Battle over Auto Emissions as Newsom and Becerra Prepare to Fight Back

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2019
| (7) Comments

Trump Sets Up a Court Battle over Auto Emissions as Newsom and Becerra Prepare to Fight Back

On Wednesday the Trump administration will revoke California’s authority to set emissions rules stricter ...

On Wednesday the Trump administration will revoke California’s authority to set emissions rules stricter than federal standards, setting up a likely court battle between the state and the President – ...

September 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Law Would Limit Planned Black Outs

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 09, 2019
| (4) Comments

Law Would Limit Planned Black Outs

(From Press Release – Senator Wiener) - Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced new legi ...

(From Press Release – Senator Wiener) - Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced new legislation to limit utility blackouts and help protect residents, businesses, and medical and publ ...

September 09, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Gov. Newsom Bans Use of Brain-Damaging Pesticide in California

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 09, 2019
| 0 comments

Gov. Newsom Bans Use of Brain-Damaging Pesticide in California

EWG: "Just because chemical agribusiness wants to use a brain-damaging pesticide doesn’t mean they should ...

EWG: "Just because chemical agribusiness wants to use a brain-damaging pesticide doesn’t mean they should" (From Press Release) – In a major move to protect California children, farm workers and their ...

May 09, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Legislation Sponsored by ASUCD Moving through the Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2019
| (2) Comments

Legislation Sponsored by ASUCD Moving through the Process

Students representing the ASUCD Office of the External Affairs Vice President in February submitted an ag ...

Students representing the ASUCD Office of the External Affairs Vice President in February submitted an agricultural bill, AB 1086, to the California State Assembly which seeks to reduce the amount of ...

April 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

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