#california-policy

#california-policy

California policymakers have chased many energy producers out of the state. More than 17% of today's gasoline refining capacity will shut down by early next year, once Valero and Phillips 66 shut down important California refineries.

Dismissing building codes purely to speed rebuilding is a false economy. In this time of need for more housing, including the replacement of housing destroyed by wildfires, now is the time to build smarter, not quicker and more slipshod.

California's revamped Low Carbon Fuel Standard, now in effect, aims to cut climate-warming gases through stricter fuel requirements and a broader credit market.

Legislators in California have approved a budget measure that freezes access to Medi-Cal for undocumented migrants starting in 2026, requiring enrollees to pay a monthly fee.

The cruelest irony: the resources it promised should have been available to him from his first week of life.

When we passed our 'housing first' law we were so intent on reducing barriers to addicts that we inadvertently created new barriers to addicts who wanted to get sober.

The builder's remedy is a penalty for jurisdictions that do not have a substantially compliant housing element, allowing projects to bypass local regulations.