Environmental Protection

The measure, authored by Assembly Member Rhodesia Ransom, would ease the permitting process, allowing agencies that operate a water supply to...

A wildfire liability plan backed by Governor Newsom and California lawmakers has stalled after Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas declined to bring...

Trees sway in high winds as the Eaton Fire burns structures in Altadena, California. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas blew up a last-minute wildfire...

“Wildfire survivors, they did not lose their homes so Sacramento could settle for half measures," said Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas on the floor,...

PALM DESERT, CA (KESQ)- Assemblymember Greg Wallis announcing his Western Joshua Tree bill is headed to the governor's desk. The bill, AB 1663, is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA... “In Northern California and across our nation, we've seen the devastating...

During a House Rules Committee hearing on Monday, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) criticized a bill about mining.

... Gov. Gavin Newsom to suspend or revoke. Hahn, who has opposed the planned eradication, sent a letter to Newsom Monday asking him to intervene...

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside the California Coastal Commission, the California Natural Resources Agency,...

Assembly Bill 2383 and Senate Bill 886 direct the California Public... Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, argued these measures are about...

A California bill that would make it easier to respond to the threat of the invasive golden mussel has made its way to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.

After passing the Senate unanimously 40-0, it passed the Assembly... Senator Valladares Champions Gabriel's Law to Protect Vulnerable Kids & Strengthen...

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Senate Bill 344, authored by Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, a Democrat who represents the neighborhood where the arena would be built, would allow the...

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A new proposal would change rules around the removal of street trees. Urban forest advocates worry this could damage the city’s already fragile canopy.

... Pasadena's Mayor Victor Gordo. “One of the city's top priorities is moving Pasadena toward a carbon-free future, and this project gets us closer...

Turquoise waves roll onto a sandy California coast below rugged cliffs, with beachgoers and a... Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA), who lives just 10 minutes from...

California lawmakers struck a deal to divert $125 million in climate funding to buy the former Golden Gate Fields track and turn it into a park. Gov. Gavin Newsom supports the project.