Land Use, PCL in the Press

CEQA provides protection for underserved communities

By Caroline Farrell Dec 23, 2016, The Sacramento Bee California’s cornerstone environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act, has served as a...

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PCL in the Press

PCL suit enlists Editorial Board support!

PCL has filed suit to remove the “3 Californias” proposition from the ballot. Read what the editors of the Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, and the...

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PCL in the Press

California drought: Water officials look to rules of ’70s

1/19/14 by the San Francisco Chronicle. The American River looks to Jonas Minton very much like it did nearly four decades ago when he took a kayak out into...

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PCL in the Press

What would a drought declaration mean?

1/15/14 by KXTV News 10. Water district officials, farmers and environmentalists think it’s just a matter of time before Gov. Brown declares a drought...

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Environmental groups call for governor to abandon Bay Delta Conservation Plan

1/13/14 by the Santa Clarita Valley Signal. SANTA CLARITA – A coalition of environmentalists called Monday for Gov. Jerry Brown to abandon his support...

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Transportation, High Speed Rail, PCL in the Press

Gov. Brown wants to tap cap-and-trade funds for bullet train

1/7/14 by the Los Angeles Times. Environmental groups oppose the plan to dip into hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from businesses whose carbon dioxide...

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PCL in the Press

PCL in the news: The environment will not benefit from the $35 billion peripheral tunnels water project

Build it now, figure it out later is the approach the Brown and Obama Adminstrations are endorsing. But after they spend billions building new tunnels, the...

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