California
New Bill Could Protect SF's Rent Controlled Units
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- A
new bill making its way through the California Senate would make it
harder for landlords and developers to eliminate rent-controlled units
from properties they own.
State Senator Carole Migden, who authored the bill, says the law would give local cities and counties the discretion to require property owners that demolish one or more rent-controlled units in a building to replace them with the same number of rent-controlled units.
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Governor allocates $73M to provide housing, jobs
State receives federal grant to help retrain laid-off workers
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday unveiled a modest economic stimulus plan that targets two groups — mortgage industry workers laid off because of the subprime lending bust and people seeking affordable housing.
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday unveiled a modest economic stimulus plan that targets two groups — mortgage industry workers laid off because of the subprime lending bust and people seeking affordable housing.
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EJ Coalition Declaration Against Carbon Trading And Offset Released
The Coalition Demands that California Adopt Policies that Truly Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Protects Communities
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A Green Energy Industry Takes Root in California
SAN FRANCISCO — The sun is starting to grow jobs.
While interest in alternative energy is climbing across the United States, solar power especially is rising in California, the product of billions of dollars in investment and mountains of enthusiasm.
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Reform the California Budget Process to Restore Majority Rule and Accountability
By Mark Leno
Member, California State Assembly
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Fighting transit racism: Building the environmental movement on the buses of L.A.
A Latina woman addresses the board of the Los Angeles Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (MTA). She is part of a crowd of 1,500 people
opposing the agency's proposed bus-fare increases. She holds her
3-year-old child up to the board and says, "What would you like me to
do? Take the clothes off his back or the food out of his mouth?"
Bus Riders Union rally
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Measures could net county billions
Caltrain
improvements, upgrades to U.S. Highway 101 and local streets, and new
low-income housing developments could all be in store for San Mateo
County if California voters approve propositions 1A, 1B and 1C on Nov.
7.
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New energy tax? California might vote on it
LOS ANGELES - A California constitutional amendment taxing oil production to fund a range of alternative energy efforts may go to voters this November, setting up a nine-month battle between environmentalists and oil companies.
Some big names in California business including movie producer Steven Bing and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla will help fund the “Californians For Clean Alternative Energy” effort to get the measure on the ballot and convince voters to approve it.
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