News Briefs

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

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