News Briefs

San Jose became the first city in California to receive Platinum LEED certification >>read more

The Oakland City Council voted, 6-2, to place a measure on the ballot that would tax vacant properties to generate income for new affordable housing >>read more

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia announced a plan to develop the entire waterfront south of Ocean Boulevard >>read more

Four companies are suing the US Navy for allegedly violating NEPA by issuing an insufficient environmental review for nearly 5,000 acres of land in Concord.  >>read more

U.S. Bureau of Land Management under the Trump administration have taken the first step of opening 1.6 million acres of California public land to fracking and conventional oil drilling >>read more

The Legislative Analyst’s Office summarized Proposition 10, the proposed measure that would expand local governments' authority to enact rent control >>read more

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