[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Frank D. Russo

A poll released earlier this week shows 91% of Democrats, 85% of independents, and 61% of Republicans support strong state action to implement a reduction in greenhouse gases as required by the landmark bill passed by the legislature in 2006 and signed by Governor Schwarzenegger. The clear findings of this poll show that likely California voters not only support this action, but that they feel reducing global warming is very important to the future of the state, and that candidates and legislators who oppose action may not fare too well with the voters this fall.

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

Beats Assemblymember Lloyd Levine by Two-to-One

By Frank D. Russo

Fran Pavley, (pictured at right) served three terms in the California State Assembly before having to leave because of term limits, has decisively won the Democratic primary and will be returning to the State Senate to succeed Sheila Kuehl in representing the parts of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, including the San Fernando Valley and Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and the Westside of Los Angeles.

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

SB 1625 up for vote today

By Mark Murray
Executive Director
Californians Against Waste

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Traci Sheehan
Executive Director
Planning and Conservation League

Last Thursday, the Planning and Conservation League's Tina Andolina, along with representatives from the American Planning Association, the California Center for Environmental Law & Policy, and the California Farm Bureau Federation, testified at the State Capitol on the environmental, water, and land use implications of Propositions 98 and 99, two competing measures that will appear on the June 3rd ballot.

Both of these measures claim to reform eminent domain law by limiting the ability of local jurisdictions to take private property simply to give it to a private developer. However, as Andolina explained to legislators and journalists, that's where the similarities end.