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PCL’s Capital Insider – January 2026

Join us as we explore cutting-edge solutions for environmental policies to address the drivers of climate change: land use, transportation, energy production,...

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ISSUES, budget, Transportation, CEQA, Housing, Land Use, Capital Insiders, Climate, Wildfire, Legislation, Public Health & Toxics, Water, Featured, Habitat and Wildlife

PCL’s Capital Insider – October 2025

It’s surely not lost on the readers of this Insider that it has been a trying year for those of us fighting for environmental and community protections, both...

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ISSUES, CEQA, Housing, Land Use, Capital Insiders, Climate, Wildfire, Legislation, Public Health & Toxics, Water, Featured, Habitat and Wildlife

PCL’s Capital Insider – July 2025 – Part 2

The Good News! PCL has been actively engaged in several dozen efforts during this legislative session, supporting key wildlife, wildfire, and water bills, and...

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ISSUES, CEQA, Housing, Land Use, Action Alerts, Capital Insiders, Legislation, Public Health & Toxics, Water, Featured, Habitat and Wildlife

PCL’s Capital Insider – July 2025

We feel that what has transpired in recent weeks regarding the passage of the budget is a shame to our state and to our democratic process. We call on the...

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Legislation

Democratic Budget Gets Signed and Passed

Last Tuesday, Democrats used the new power of simple majority vote to pass a state budget with no Republicans voting in favor of the measures. The budget,...

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Legislation

Back to Negotiating as Governor Vetoes Democratic Budget in Record Time

For only the second time in 25 years, the California legislature submitted a budget to the governor by the June 15th deadline. The budget proposal however was...

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Water

Budget Problems: The Elephant in the Room

Teachers, firefighters and police officers know what the economy is doing to the vital services they provide. Our most vulnerable aged and disabled are...

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Land Use

Governor Proposes Termination of Agriculture and Open Space Preservation Funding

In an effort to tackle the budget deficit, Governor Jerry Brown has proposed cutting California’s most effective agricultural and open space land...

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CEQA, Legislation, Press Releases

California Legislature Passes a CEQA-Free Budget

The passage of the budget last Friday marks several miles stones, most notably the passage of the latest budget ever. However, this budget is also remarkable...

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Legislation, Uncategorized

760,000 Signatures Ensure Parks Funding Measure Will Be On November Ballot

On Monday, a coalition of environmental groups submitted approximately 760,000 signatures to California election officials in support of a ballot measure that...

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