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PCL’s Capital Insider – March 2026

The PCL 2026 Assembly’s last panel of the day was “Abundance and Accountability: Are Communities, Democracy, and the Environment At Risk?”...The answer...

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Climate, Guest Blog, Water

PCL Capital Insider – September 2024

Inadequate water supplies and floods are already major concerns in California. While many groups and individuals are working hard to address the problem,...

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CEQA, Housing, Capital Insiders, Guest Blog

PCL Capital Insider – July 2024

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is again in the crosshairs. Wrongfully blamed for everything from the housing crisis to water shortages, CEQA...

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Guest Blog, Water

Water Follies Continue – September 6, 2016

Water Follies Continue It is hard to wrap our minds around the campaign to build two giant tunnels to divert Northern California around the San Francisco Bay...

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Guest Blog

Governor Brown Stresses Environmental Goals

Governor Brown spent over one third of his inaugural address on protecting the environment by setting new goals to slow climate change. He clearly wants to...

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Guest Blog, Symposium

A flood of ideas to deal with drought

PCL’s Environmental Symposium addressed responsible water use for California’s future By Alex Strack, PCL Water Policy Intern On February 1st, the Planning...

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Guest Blog, Legislation

Coastal Protection in Question: How Strong is a Law You Can’t Enforce?

By Mary Shallenberger Headline writers and newspaper editors love to refer to the Coastal Commission as the most “powerful” land use agency in the state....

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Guest Blog

Tipping Point: California’s Mountain Lions

By Tim Dunbar The 911 call came in: Two big mountain lions hanging around town; hiding under a porch.  With no equipment to safely capture them and no backup...

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Guest Blog, Water

The San Clemente Dam Removal Project, Reasons to Celebrate and Lessons to Learn

By Gabriela Alberola The groundbreaking ceremony welcoming the start of the San Clemente Dam Removal project took place on June 21st among a varied group of...

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Land Use, Guest Blog

Worst Bill You’ve Never Heard Of Dies In Senate Judiciary

By: Bruce Reznik, PCL Executive Director On Tuesday, one of the session’s most damaging environmental bills was killed in the Senate Judiciary Committee. ...

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