SACRAMENTO—For most of the year, California’s quest to rid itself of fossil fuels seems on track: Electric cars populate highways while energy from wind, solar, and water provides much of the power for homes and businesses. Then it gets hot, and everyone in the nation’s most populous state turns on their air conditioners at the…
Facing Sweltering Summers, California’s Newsom Floats Plan for State to Buy Energy
May 31, 2023
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California Unlikely to Run Short of Electricity This Summer Thanks to Storms, New Power Sources
May 26, 2023
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RICHMOND, Calif.—California regulators say the state is unlikely to run out of electricity this summer because of a big increase in power storage and a wet winter that filled the state’s reservoirs enough to restart hydroelectric power plants that were dormant during the drought. The nation’s most populous state normally has more than enough electricity…
California Lawmakers Forced to Kill 300 Bills in One Day, Some Climate Bills, in Budget Dilemma
May 22, 2023
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Approximately 300 bills failed to pass California’s Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees on May 18, with lawmakers potentially eyeing the state’s $31.5 billion deficit in failing to advance the legislation, following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget revision announced a week before. The bills were part of what is known as a suspense hearing, with the…
California State Agency Paid Analyst $114,000 to Do Nothing at Home During Pandemic: Audit
May 22, 2023
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An investigation of hundreds of whistleblower complaints filed with the state auditor has revealed $280,000 in inappropriate expenditures by California agencies in 2022. “Our investigations found wasteful decisions, poor contract oversight, unreported leave resulting in overpayments, misuse of state resources, and attendance abuse,” State Auditor Grant Parks wrote in a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom…
California Audit Reveals $280,000 Misuse of Taxpayer Funds in 2022
May 22, 2023
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An investigation of hundreds of whistleblower complaints filed with the state auditor has revealed $280,000 in inappropriate expenditures by California agencies in 2022. “Our investigations found wasteful decisions, poor contract oversight, unreported leave resulting in overpayments, misuse of state resources, and attendance abuse,” State Auditor Grant Parks wrote in a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom…
Newsom Proposes Raising Californians’ Electricity Consumption Tax to Investigate ‘Big Oil’
May 19, 2023
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recently passed law to “hold Big Oil accountable” faces more pushback in the state Legislature this week as lawmakers decide how to pay for its implementation. The governor told Californians in a video posted in January they “won’t pay a cent” for his new law to punish oil companies for last…
Don’t Call It a Budget
May 19, 2023
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Commentary Call it a joke, call it smoke and mirrors, call it a sales job, call it stupidity, call it whatever you want but please don’t call it a “budget.” Anyone who thinks the latest version of California spending and income figures projected for 2023–2024 by our governor is a budget should really go back…
Disney Scraps Plans to Build $900 Million Florida Campus Amid DeSantis Feud, Cites ‘Changing Business Conditions;’
Disney is canceling plans to build a nearly $900 million corporate campus in Lake Nona, Florida, citing “changing business conditions.” Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney’s parks, experiences, and products division, announced the decision to scrap plans to build the campus, which would have housed roughly 2,000 employees, in an email to workers on May 18. The email was…
Newsom Sets Aside $1 Million for Mandatory Dyslexia Screening for California’s Children
May 18, 2023
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California may soon implement mandatory dyslexia screenings for its second-grade students, thanks to a budget provision by Gov. Gavin Newsom. In his latest proposed 2023–24 state budget, released on May 12, the governor set aside $1 million for the age group to undergo screening for dyslexia beginning with the 2025–26 school year. Newsom said that…
Newsom Sets Up Soviet-Style Hate Snitch Line
May 17, 2023
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Commentary We’ve seen this before. California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently established a new hotline, CAvsHate.org, which “provides a safe, anonymous reporting option for victims and witnesses of hate acts,” according to his office’s announcement. “Here in California, we are sending an unequivocal message that hate will not be tolerated,” said the governor himself. “We stand firm…
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