California
- www.ocregister.com Two housing bills could save California’s chance for climate action
It’s time to expand our collective definition of environmentalism to include building toward a more sustainable future, faster and smarter.
I believe the single-most important bill right now in California is SB 79.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB79
This bill would be a real game changer for housing, transit, and the environment.
Many transit stations are surrounded by zoning rules that ban apartment buildings. Bill SB 79 would force all California cities to legalize walkable multi-family housing near transit stops.
https://laist.com/news/transportation/denser-housing-near-transit-sb-79
This would be a huge win in many cities.
Rich people in Palo Alto and Menlo Park are protesting against the bill🤦
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/04/22/proposed-housing-bill-raises-height-limits-and-alarms-in-palo-alto/
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/housing/2025/06/11/despite-advancing-fate-of-housing-bill-sb-79-remains-uncertain/
- Woohoo, CalMatters is 10 🥳!! Thank you so much for reading us and supporting us 🙏calmatters.org CalMatters: Holding the state accountable for 10 years, and we're just getting started
CalMatters journalism has spurred new laws and made the state more accountable to Californians. We're just getting started.
- www.theguardian.com Silicon Valley-backed California city project pitches plan for manufacturing hub
Chief executive of ‘California Forever’ says proposal to develop site would represent ‘new home for frontier tech’
- Newsom Proposes to Ease Permits for Oil Drilling in California
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