After a unanimous vote by the California Public Utilities Commission, homeowners get smaller payments from utilities, which solar companies say will slow construction of new rooftop solar projects. But new state incentives will be available.
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More street medicine teams tackle the homeless health care crisis
Homeless people often have sporadic or no access to health care, resulting in costly, chronic conditions. A new statewide effort encourages Medi-Cal insurers to partner with street teams to improve care.
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More housing, fewer prisons: California outlines game plan
Hanging over the heads of California’s newly sworn-in state lawmakers — and likely to be top of mind when they return to Sacramento next month — are the state’s intertwined housing and homelessness crises.
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Going, going, gone: Feds hold first-ever auction for California offshore wind leases
Desalination, the process of filtering seawater into clean drinking water, has had a rocky past in Santa Cruz. However,…
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By the numbers: California’s mild 2022 wildfire season
Moderate weather and well-timed rainstorms in much of California combined to curb the acreage and structures burned.
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Commission OKs desalination plant on Monterey Bay — the most contentious one yet
The California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 to approve the plant in Marina, despite the ecological risks to the Monterey Bay coast, high costs of the water and a divide between affluent and lower-income communities.
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Why California’s eco-friendly, tax-the-rich electorate killed Prop. 30
In one of the highest-profile California election results, Proposition 30 failed despite the state’s commitment to climate action and its history of taxing the wealthy. But the ballot measure also was complicated and divided Democrats, a recipe for failure.
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California might levy a new tax on gas companies. Here’s what to know
Here are the basics of the new windfall profit tax Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed, and how similar taxes have worked in the past.
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What you need to know about the California governor debate
In their only scheduled debate, Gov. Gavin Newsom and challenger Brian Dahle clashed on abortion right, homelessness, public schools, the state budget and more. But neither landed a knockout punch.
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For undocumented students, job opportunities are scarce. This state program could help.
California’s estimated 75,000 undocumented students don’t qualify for federal work-study or most job opportunities, and often struggle to make ends meet. A new state service program launched last week, College Corps, will give hundreds of them as much as $10,000 per year to perform community service in areas including K-12 education, food insecurity and climate action.
