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Budget and Spending

Budget and Spending

Santa Monica Mountains recreation area would grow under act

The Rim of the Valley Preservation Act was reintroduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on March 29. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 28, 2023 A longtime priority of the congressman’s, the Rim of the Valley bill would broaden the Santa Monica Mountains National Read more…

By Steve, 1 monthApril 28, 2023 ago
Budget and Spending

California’s race against time to build power lines

Building out the state’s electric grid to meet climate change goals won’t be fast or cheap. Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2023. Want to live in a world where heat waves stop getting hotter, wildfires stop getting bigger, water shortages stop getting more severe and Read more…

By Steve, 2 monthsApril 10, 2023 ago
Budget and Spending

Harris unveils $197 million for wildfire resilience as California’s fire season looms

Storm-ravaged Californians are still digging out from historic levels of snowfall and girding for more heavy rain this week. But Biden administration officials are looking ahead to a wildfire season that could bring more devastation once the state dries out. Vice President Kamala Harris detailed $197 million in new federal Read more…

By Steve, 3 monthsMarch 21, 2023 ago
Budget and Spending

Las Padres NF concessionaire to share in fee hikes

Fee increases went into ef­fect this year affecting 33 developed campgrounds and one day-use site operated by a concessionaire in Los Padres National Forest. Source of this article, the Condor Call, February-March 2023. There are more than 50 unde­veloped campgrounds in the Forest that are free to public use along Read more…

By Steve, 4 monthsFebruary 1, 2023 ago
Budget and Spending

Conservationists near goal of turning Orange County oil field into nature preserve

Banning Ranch is home to roughly 167 acres of marshes, mudflats, riparian scrub and coastal sage scrub that provides habitat for sensitive species Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2022 The nonprofit Trust for Public Land on Friday completed the purchase of an oil field that Read more…

By Steve, 6 monthsDecember 20, 2022 ago
Budget and Spending

Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company to Fight Climate Change

Patagonia made him a billionaire. Now he’s giving it away to save the climate Source of this article: the Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2022 Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is giving his company away — to planet Earth, he announced Wednesday. “I never wanted to be a businessman,” Chouinard wrote Read more…

By Steve, 9 monthsSeptember 14, 2022 ago
Budget and Spending

Can a new trail system help revive this crest of the Sierra in Plumas National Forest?

The “Lost Sierra Route” aims to link up mountain towns across 600 miles and draw hikers and mountain bikers to a region hit by fires and hard economic times. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2022 PORTOLA, Calif. — The rutted dirt road twisted ever skyward through miles Read more…

By Steve, 10 monthsAugust 14, 2022 ago
Budget and Spending

California grants Ventura Land Trust $7.2 million to acquire and preserve Mariano Rancho

Mariano Rancho Preserve is expected to open to the public after a 2 to 3 year review and planning process is complete. Source of this article: The Ventura Land Trust, July 8, 2022 Ventura Land Trust has been awarded $7.2 million from the State of California to complete the acquisition Read more…

By Steve, 11 monthsJuly 8, 2022 ago
Budget and Spending

Newsom signs nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging waste

Legislation heads off what would have been costly and contentious ballot measure. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2022 SACRAMENTO — Striking a blow against a pernicious form of pollution, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday the nation’s most far-reaching restrictions on single-use plastics and packaging. The Read more…

By Steve, 11 months ago
Budget and Spending

Once-trampled (and secret) Grove of Titans redwood stand in Northern California reopens

The Grove of Titans contains some of the largest coast redwoods Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2022 After the once-secret location of a famed grove of ancient redwoods in Northern California was made public, visitors flocking to see the towering trees caused significant damage looking Read more…

By Steve, 1 yearMay 21, 2022 ago

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