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Senate Passes SB 423 – To Extend Streamlining of Builder’s Remedy

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|Date: June 01, 2023
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Senate Passes SB 423 – To Extend Streamlining of Builder’s Remedy

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senat ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 423, legislation to extend Senator Wiener’s SB 35 (2017), one of the state’s most succe ...

June 01, 2023
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Senate Passes Bill to Spur Affordable Housing Development

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|Date: June 01, 2023
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Senate Passes Bill to Spur Affordable Housing Development

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senat ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 4, the Affordable Housing on Faith and Higher Education Lands Act. SB 4 would open tens ...

June 01, 2023
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SF Chronicle Editorial Board Calls on Governor Newsom to Provide Funding to Prevent Public Transportation Collapse

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|Date: May 23, 2023
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SF Chronicle Editorial Board Calls on Governor Newsom to Provide Funding to Prevent Public Transportation Collapse

SF Chronicle: “Gavin Newsom can’t just let California’s public transit systems collapse” Special to the V ...

SF Chronicle: “Gavin Newsom can’t just let California’s public transit systems collapse” Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The San Francisco Chronicle published an editorial calling on Governo ...

May 23, 2023
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UPDATE: Major Housing Bills Move to Senate Floor

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|Date: May 19, 2023
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UPDATE: Major Housing Bills Move to Senate Floor

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed major ho ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed major housing bills SB 4 and SB 423 to the Senate floor, for a vote in the next few weeks before the Ju ...

May 19, 2023
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Commentary: Time Running Out Again on Meaningful CEQA Reform

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|Date: April 28, 2023
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Commentary: Time Running Out Again on Meaningful CEQA Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a growing sense that CEQA has been weaponized as a tool t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a growing sense that CEQA has been weaponized as a tool to stop new housing projects. It is probably not a surprise that in the view of Senator Scott Wi ...

April 28, 2023
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Letter: Support For SB 423

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|Date: April 23, 2023
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Letter: Support For SB 423

Dear Senator Caballero, On behalf of the California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers, we write to ...

Dear Senator Caballero, On behalf of the California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers, we write to respectfully change our position on SB 423 (Wiener) to SUPPORT. The bill would extend the prov ...

April 23, 2023
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Letter: Support for SB 423, Streamlined Housing Approvals

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|Date: April 22, 2023
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Letter: Support for SB 423, Streamlined Housing Approvals

Dear Chair Caballero: On behalf of the Southern California District Council of Laborers, I am writing in ...

Dear Chair Caballero: On behalf of the Southern California District Council of Laborers, I am writing in strong support of Senate Bill 423. We believe that SB 423 strikes a balance that has the potent ...

April 22, 2023
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SB 423 Gains Additional Labor Support in Extending the Builder’s Remedy

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|Date: April 18, 2023
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SB 423 Gains Additional Labor Support in Extending the Builder’s Remedy

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – SB 423, which would extend and expand the "Builder’s Remedy" gai ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – SB 423, which would extend and expand the "Builder’s Remedy" gained some critical support. On Monday, the Northern California District Council of Laborers rel ...

April 18, 2023
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League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

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|Date: March 23, 2023
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League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – While supporters have called SB 35 “an essential ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – While supporters have called SB 35 “an essential tool for streamlining housing in California,” the so-called Builder’s Remedy remains extremely ...

March 23, 2023
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Letter: Operating Engineers Come Out in Support of Housing Bill

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|Date: March 15, 2023
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Letter: Operating Engineers Come Out in Support of Housing Bill

Special to the Vanguard Senator Wiener’s Bill, received another big new labor endorsement — the Conferenc ...

Special to the Vanguard Senator Wiener’s Bill, received another big new labor endorsement — the Conference of Operating Engineers — of bill (SB 4) to allow religious institutions & nonprofit colle ...

March 15, 2023
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Will Legislature Succeed in Streamlining Housing Projects and CEQA?

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|Date: March 07, 2023
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Will Legislature Succeed in Streamlining Housing Projects and CEQA?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With a recent court ruling regarding a housing pr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With a recent court ruling regarding a housing project in Berkeley, the Governor and Legislature are focused once again on the housing crisis an ...

March 07, 2023
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Commentary: Will Berkeley Become the Straw that Broke CEQA’s Back?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2023
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Commentary: Will Berkeley Become the Straw that Broke CEQA’s Back?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – The only thing more predictable than the ruling by ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – The only thing more predictable than the ruling by the courts— which found the university’s proposal failed to comply with several facets of CEQA ...

March 03, 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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Bill to Repeal One-Year Sentence Enhancement Passes Assembly

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|Date: September 13, 2019
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Bill to Repeal One-Year Sentence Enhancement Passes Assembly

Senate Bill 136 repeals a commonly used, expensive, and ineffective one-year sentence enhancement that is ...

Senate Bill 136 repeals a commonly used, expensive, and ineffective one-year sentence enhancement that is added to each prior prison or felony jail term that an individual has served (From Press Relea ...

September 13, 2019
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Law Would Limit Planned Black Outs

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|Date: September 09, 2019
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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
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Commentary: Still No Urgency on Housing – But the Clock Is Ticking

Attorney General Sends Letter Demanding Answers from Temecula School Board

Woodland Vice Mayor, City Councilmember Endorse Cabaldon

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VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: ‘Do You Want to Sell Your Shower?’

Dublin Federal Prison Guard Convicted of Sexual Assault on Woman Inmates, Faces 36 Years in Prison – 4 Dublin Employees, Including Warden and Chaplain, Caught in Sex Scandal So Far

‘Trial Penalty’ Leads Innocent People to Pleading Guilty to Avoid Harsh Sentence, Charges Innocence Project ED

Assemblymember Focuses on More Than Incarceration to Fight Fentanyl Crisis

Another Freshman GOP Representative Appears to Have Lied about Her Past

Council Pushes Housing Decisions to June 20

Senate Passes SB 423 – To Extend Streamlining of Builder’s Remedy

Senate Passes SB 423 – To Extend Streamlining of Builder’s Remedy

Senate Passes Bill to Spur Affordable Housing Development

Senate Passes Bill to Spur Affordable Housing Development

SF Chronicle Editorial Board Calls on Governor Newsom to Provide Funding to Prevent Public Transportation Collapse

SF Chronicle Editorial Board Calls on Governor Newsom to Provide Funding to Prevent Public Transportation Collapse

UPDATE: Major Housing Bills Move to Senate Floor

UPDATE: Major Housing Bills Move to Senate Floor

Commentary: Time Running Out Again on Meaningful CEQA Reform

Commentary: Time Running Out Again on Meaningful CEQA Reform

Letter: Support For SB 423

Letter: Support For SB 423

Letter: Support for SB 423, Streamlined Housing Approvals

Letter: Support for SB 423, Streamlined Housing Approvals

SB 423 Gains Additional Labor Support in Extending the Builder’s Remedy

SB 423 Gains Additional Labor Support in Extending the Builder’s Remedy

League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

Letter: Operating Engineers Come Out in Support of Housing Bill

Letter: Operating Engineers Come Out in Support of Housing Bill

Will Legislature Succeed in Streamlining Housing Projects and CEQA?

Will Legislature Succeed in Streamlining Housing Projects and CEQA?

Commentary: Will Berkeley Become the Straw that Broke CEQA’s Back?

Commentary: Will Berkeley Become the Straw that Broke CEQA’s Back?

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

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

Bill to Repeal One-Year Sentence Enhancement Passes Assembly

Bill to Repeal One-Year Sentence Enhancement Passes Assembly

Law Would Limit Planned Black Outs

Law Would Limit Planned Black Outs

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