News Briefs

The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a statewide survey, called Californians and the Environment >>read more

Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) is sponsoring a bill that would reserve roughly 300,000 acres of Southern California desert for off-road vehicle use >> read more

Statewide greenhouse gas pollution fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004 >>read more

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission released a map that shows how long it would take various cities around the Bay Area to meet their 2040 housing goals. >>read more

Supporters of a proposed initiative to expand the use of rent control have collected enough signatures for the November ballot >>read more

According to 2018 Bay Area Council poll, 69 percent of voters want traffic signals upgraded with technology that makes them responsive to actual traffic conditions >>read more

The Environmental Council of Sacramento and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court challenging a county decision to allow the City of Elk Grove to expand >>read more

Gov. Jerry Brown released his revised fiscal year 2018-19 budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1 >>read more

The Trust for Public Land released its 2018 ParkScore Index ranking the park systems in the 100 largest US cities >>read more

The California Housing Partnership and Southern California Association of Non Profit Housing released three reports that quantify the need for affordable housing in three counties. >>read more

A new California EPA report finds that the more intense forest fires, longer droughts, warmer ocean temperatures, and shrinking snowpack in the Sierra Nevada are an “unequivocal” evidence of climate change. >>read more

Residents of San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood have filed a class action lawsuit against Tetra Tech >>read more