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California Today V55, #1 December 2025

In This Issue: Executive Director’s Letter 2025’s Legislative Recap SB 427 to Protect the Habitat Conservation Fund - Signed by Governor! The Planning...

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Capital Insiders

What Governor Brown’s 14-15 Budget Means for the Environment

The state budget was released early last week due to a leak of the Governor’s Budget Summary.  In the $154.9 billion dollar state budget, $13.6 billion...

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Events, Symposium

State Controller John Chiang to Keynote January 28th Environmental Legislative Symposium

The Planning and Conservation League and PCL Foundation are pleased to announce the 2012 Symposium keynote is State Controller John Chiang. John Chiang was...

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High Speed Rail, Land Use, Capital Insiders, Climate, Legislation, Water

How Environmental Protection Fares in Governor’s Budget

Last week, due to a technical glitch, the Brown Administration unintentionally released the Governor’s proposed budget a few days earlier than expected....

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Capital Insiders, Legislation

Legislature Reconvenes to Face Major Challenges in 2012

With the beginning of the New Year, the Legislature reconvenes today to tackle California’s projected budget deficit of nearly $13 billion (through June...

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Legislation

Three Months After He Promised – Brown May Not Have a Budget by New Fiscal Year

Just a little over a week after Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the Democratic budget proposal, he stated on Friday that he has every intention of continuing to...

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High Speed Rail, Press Releases

Past Legal Limits? Governor May Have Overstretched With Veto of High Speed Rail Authority Oversight Provisions

After a year of poor marks and critical reports from the State Auditor, the Legislative Analysis and even UC Berkeley, the High Speed Rail Authority was put on...

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High Speed Rail, Press Releases

Governor Line Item Vetoes HSR Oversight Protection in the Budget

On the heels of several critical reports from the Legislative Analysis Office, the State Auditor, and the University of California, Berkeley, detailing the...

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Legislation, Press Releases

Good and Bad Budget Reforms on the Ballot

With everyone’s focus turned to last minute bills trying to make their way off the legislature floor before the end of the August, certain issues on this...

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Legislation, Press Releases, Water

Bipartisan Legislative Leaders Join Coalition Opposing Boondoggle Bond

At a press event on the steps of the state capitol Thursday, legislative leaders from both sides of the aisle pledged their support for the campaign to defeat...

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