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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

New ballot measure push aims to overhaul California's landmark environmental law

If the Chamber and its supporters collect 546,000 valid signatures by next spring, as expected, the Building an Affordable California Act would impose a 365-day limit on environmental reviews for a wide range of projects, including new reservoirs, desalination plants, forest thinning to reduce wildfire risk, apartments, housing subdivisions, senior housing, student housing, roads, bridges, public transit, hospitals, medical centers, broadband internet, solar farms, wind farms and battery storage facilities.
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fromwww.ocregister.com
1 week ago

Could California's Prop. 50 be scaled back? There's already an effort to ask voters to limit the new maps to 2026

A proposed initiative would limit Prop 50's congressional map changes to the 2026 election, reverting to commission-drawn maps for 2028 and 2030.
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fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

CA Organizers' Proposal Would Tax Billionaires to Mitigate Medicaid Cut Harm

California proposes a one-time 5% tax on roughly 200 billionaires to offset federal Medicaid cuts and fund healthcare services for the 2026 ballot.
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

California business leaders want voters to expedite state's environmental review process for housing, infrastructure

California Chamber proposes a ballot initiative imposing a 365-day limit on CEQA reviews for essential projects including housing, clean energy and wildfire resiliency.
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fromwww.dailynews.com
2 months ago

California Republicans pushing to get voter ID initiative onto 2026 ballot

Republicans are pursuing a California Voter ID initiative for the 2026 ballot requiring government-issued ID or verified ID numbers and voter-roll citizenship checks.
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