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Bay Area Democrats Want to Pass Climate Change Laws. Can They Deliver?

/in , /by /San Francisco Chronicleby Tal Kopan, J.D. Morris

Now that Democrats have full control of Washington for the first time in a decade, Bay Area lawmakers want to make sure they don’t walk away empty-handed. For many of them, that means seeing green. After several years of historically severe wildfires, heat waves and recurring drought conditions, bills related to climate change are at the top of the agenda for many lawmakers with local ties.

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California Legislature’s End-of-Session Scramble Leaves Environment Bills on Cutting Room Floor

/in , , /by /Palm Springs Desert Sunby Mark Olalde

Monday at midnight marked the deadline for California lawmakers to pass bills out of the Legislature. But in a session replete with the COVID-19 pandemic, racial justice and wildfires, numerous bills were left to die on the cutting room floor.

Among them was the majority of the environmental agenda in what some legislators, environmentalists and public health advocates labeled a disappointment.

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