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California is doubling down on banning plastic bags
Reason.com· 27 minutes agoRemember all the hoopla in 2014 when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a "groundbreaking" law that would dramatically reduce solid waste by forbidding grocery...
A media misfire on the USS Hornet
Politico· 1 day agoIt wasn’t immediately clear who had come up with the publicity strategy. Farallon’s president, Michael McCormick, who previously worked on climate...
California’s largest new reservoir project in 50 years moves forward after judge rules against...
San Jose Mercury News· 2 days agoPlans to build the largest new reservoir in California in 50 years have taken a significant step...
Why Increasing Penalties for Assaulting ER Workers Is Dividing California Democrats
Lost Coast Outpost· 1 day ago“This violence is unacceptable,” Rodriguez testified. “But for many of the health care heroes, they view workplace violence as just part of the job.” The issue prompted Rodriguez to introduce ...
Latino Dems are split over Biden's border action
Politico· 2 days agoSkinner said 1990s tough-on-crime restrictions made California prisons among the least transparent in the nation. She added that the corrections department especially merits ...
Reformal education | School of Social Ecology
UC Irvine Today· 1 day agoThe circumstances that led to Green spending 28 years behind bars — 21 of them at Calipatria State Prison in the Imperial Valley and seven more at Ironwood State Prison near Blythe — are detailed ...
It’s crunch time for ballot negotiations
Politico via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFacing pressure to rein in the ballooning number of measures on Californians’ ballots, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law in 2014 allowing ...
Ranks of high-priced public pensioners explode in California
Orange County Register· 5 days agoYes, public employees, we know you detest $100K club stories. But taxpayers contribute up front and...
Walters: Decadeslong Delta tunnel water project may finally be nearing a historic decision
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoRonald Reagan’s top water official. The project, in one form or another, had already been kicking...
Are We Doomed? Here’s How to Think About It
The New Yorker· 4 days agoHolz’s days often include listening to the detailed worries and assessments of non-agreeing experts who devote their lives to thinking about biothreats,...
