Report: Trump Eyes Monday to Give ‘Federal Regulatory Relief’ to L.A.
President Donald Trump reportedly plans to lift federal regulations on Monday to expedite the rebuilding of Los Angeles County, which has been ravaged by wildfires.
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FLEISCHMAN: Will CA Legislature Exempt Facebook, Clippers from Environmental Regs?
Billionaire special interests are seeking special favors from the Democrats who control California state government to waive costly and time-consuming environmental regulations.
California High-Speed Rail Loses in Court — Again
The California High-Speed Rail Authority will have to obey the state’s environmental laws despite a federal board’s ruling that federal laws supersede them, according to a decision by a panel of Ninth Circuit judges on Wednesday.
High-Speed Rail Could Face New Delay as California Environmentalists Win in Court
A California Supreme Court ruling last week in favor of environmentalists opposing the state’s reopening of an abandoned lumber train may cost the state’s $46 billion over-budget high-speed rail project another four years, and $15 billion.
California to Seize Farms for Jerry Brown’s Water Tunnels
The State of California is planning to use eminent domain law to acquire hundreds of farms in the Delta for a controversial, multi-billion-dollar underground water tunnel project proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
L.A. Times: Drought ‘Serious, But Hardly a Disaster’
Writing for the Los Angeles Times, reporter Thomas Curwen called California’s historic, four-year-long drought “serious, but hardly a disaster.”
CA Democrats Shut Down GOP’s Water Storage Bills
California Democrats in the State Assembly’s Natural Resources and Transportation committees voted down a trio of bills on Monday designed to prioritize water storage and recycling projects amidst the state’s devastating four-year drought.
