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Watch the Session Videos from PCL’s 2026 Assembly

Watch the California Environmental Assembly sessions and Help Shape Our Future Planning and Conservation League’s 2026 California Environmental Assembly...

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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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PCL’s Capital Insider – July 30, 2026

A push for a fix to SB 131. What emerged from our engagement with legislators over the fall and winter is this year’s SB 954 by Senator Blakespear. ...

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PCL’s Capital Insider – June 29 2026

One thing is guaranteed when it comes to water in California – an annual flood of legislation related to this precious public resource. A quick search of the...

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PCL’s Capital Insider – June 2026

Among PCL’s many interests this legislative session, a top priority is Senator Cabaldon’s SB 1087, seeking to update the historic 2008 bill, SB 375 – The...

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PCL’s Capital Insider – April 2026

By most metrics, April was quite a successful month for California environmental policy....

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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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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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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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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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