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Newsom vetoes important solar rights bill Legislation would have restored the right of schools to directly use the solar energy they generate
On Friday Governor Newsom vetoed a bill that would have restored the right for schools to directly use the solar energy they generate using their…
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Harris Flips “Strong vs Weak” Script and it’s a Bright New Day
This article first appeared on StopTrumpDictatorship.com What a difference a day makes! On the night of July 20, 2024, President Joe Biden met with…
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What I Learned from My Wise Uncle Leonard Cohen His secret of success with women: "Listen well. And when you think you are done listening, listen some more"
Leonard Cohen, our greatest troubadour of the soul, has been an inspiration to me since my 1960’s childhood. That’s when my Aunt Esther gave me…
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Former CA utilities commissioner exposes “regulatory capture” of agency Explosive ABC10 exclusive report slams CPUC for crippling state’s rooftop solar industry amidst climate crisis
A powerful segment by newscaster Alex Bell for ABC10 Sacramento on June 18 exposed the climate solution-crippling influence that the state’s largest utilities have over…
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“John Barron” Turns 40 While Trump Remains a 6-Year Old Colbert, Trevor Noah & Seth Meyers make similar point in hilarious roasts of Trump's notorious alias scam
In the make believe world of Donald Trump’s alternative reality, John Barron turned 40 years old on May 17th, the very same day that the…
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Victory for James as Trump forced to back bond with cash Trump’s Secret Reason for $175M Bond Scam Attempt: He’s Cash Poor
Leave it to Donald Trump to pressure the appellate court to bend the law to reduce his bond from $464 million to $175 million, then…
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Merrick Garland: Do Your Job or Resign! Professor Lawrence Tribe now calls Garland, “a tragically weak Attorney General pitted against the most dangerous coup attempt in our entire history."
While Donald Trump has repeatedly smashed through the guardrails of our democracy, Merrick Garland has refused to repair them by holding the most powerful domestic…
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Trump’s 7 Most Valuable Fire Sale Properties Leticia James could raise $470M to pay off fraud judgment from Trump’s least complicated NYC assets
As the first reporter who, in 1982, tried to derive the truth about the value of Donald Trump’s real estate in the face of his…
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Haley Crushes Trump Among SC Voters Who Reject Lie of Stolen Election 80% of reality-based GOP primary voters in SC & NH chose Haley. 80% of Trump voters believe that he won the 2020 election
Donald J. Trump is the most successful liar of all time. His entire presidential campaign is rooted in the insurrection-justifying falsehood that he was cheated…
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Haley’s Secret Weapon: Democratic Voters To oppose Trump GOP cultists who believe his 2020 "stolen election" lie, Nikki's prospects depend on Dems looking to weaken would-be dictator
If Haley manages to win or come close in Saturday’s South Carolina Republican February 24 Primary, it will be because of Democrats and Independents. South…
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7 Reasons Why Dems Voting Haley in Primary Would Help Biden Win Video campaign launches to persuade Democrats to weaken Trump's candidacy by voting for Haley in open primary states
Why wait until November to vote against Trump? And why waste your primary vote on Biden, who is not facing any real competition? During the…
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Bad News For Climate: California gets a ‘D’ on Microgrid Policy First “Think Microgrid” scorecard reflects how CA Utilities Commission blocks renewable energy innovation
It’s official. California is falling behind other states as a climate leader. Earlier this month, the first Think Microgrid Scorecard was released, rating 50 states…
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Big Win for Tiny Homes & Affordable Housing In Santa Rosa SR city council votes to extend 5 year permits on November 14
Update November 15: The Santa Rosa City Council voted 5-0 to extend the Temp Housing Code for another year. Josh Shipper of Generation Housing, along…
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Utilities Escalate Secret War on California Solar State Public Utilities Commission captured by utilities, consistently follows their guidance in making decisions
Throughout the past several years, as California has pushed for more renewable energy development, utility companies have, at the same time fought against those efforts,…
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Open Letter to Citizens’ Climate Lobby – Get REAL! New Solar Family Farm Ballot Initiative Vaults Over Barriers to Rapidly Accelerate Renewable Energy
In 2018, I joined the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) to be part of a grassroots effort to accelerate the urgently needed transition away from fossil…
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Utilities Trying to Kill Small Solar Farms New proposed submetering decision by CPUC on behalf of utility giants would gut solar incentives for property owners
The Solar Rights Alliance is sounding the alarm bells that a new proposed decision by the powerful California Public Utilities Commission will hurt farmers and property owners…
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California Utilities Use Ratepayer Money to Stop Climate Solutions SacBee expose reveals SoCalGas illegally spent at least $36 million to fight state climate policies
An explosive new investigative report by Joe Rubin and Ari Plachta in the Sacramento Bee revealed that utility companies have regularly used ratepayer funds to…
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Why the REAL Solar Family Farm Bill Could Be the Most Impactful Climate Solution Ever! If passed, the Renewable Energy Acceleration Law of 2024 ballot initiative would enable farms to sell power "over the fence" to neighboring properties
The Renewable Energy Acceleration Law of 2024 (REAL) would be the most impactful climate mitigation ballot initiative in history. It would address the threat of…
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Grassroots Legal Guide for Low Impact Tiny Homes & Trailers Adhering to the historic legalization of Sonoma County’s most affordable and ecological housing can be challenging
Earth Day 2023 arrives with exciting good news for thousands of lower income renters in Sonoma County whose ecologically low impact tiny homes and trailers…
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Why Bidirectional Charging is the Most Exciting Climate Bill of 2023 Berkeley Senator Nancy Skinner's SB 233 would mandate capability for new electric vehicles sold in California after 2027
SB 233, a California Senate bill that would mandate bidirectional charging capabilities in most electric vehicles sold starting in 2027, just passed in the Senate’s…
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SAGE Campaign to Stop Permit Sonoma Evictions Results in Historic Vote for Alternative Housing 12 months after Sonoma Independent exposé & petition, Supervisors vote 5-0 to become first CA county to legalize trailers, tiny homes & composting toilets
Thousands of Sonoma County residents living in trailers and tiny homes will feel safer in the new year, thanks to a December 6, 2022 vote…
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Trailblazing Program at UC Davis Law & Enviro Science Brings Climate Solutions from Classroom to Legislature Fall 2022 Ecology 290 participatory seminar will train students in organizing & outreach to support the largest solar farm climate mitigation bill in history
Earlier this year, in response to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes’ urgent call to “implement changes now in terms of how we…
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Supervisors Face Historic Affordable Housing Vote to Permit Trailers & Tiny Homes Sept 27 meeting to consider policy recommendation extending temp housing designation to county's lowest cost housing
Tomorrow afternoon, September 27, Supervisors will, for the first time ever, consider a change in policy that would allow some of the more than 10,000…
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County Plan to Build Administrative Campus at Sears Site Falls Apart Under Public Pressure Costly project stopped by Supervisors Hopkins and Rabbitt after outcry on Social media, coverage in independent news
After months of pushing the project forward with little input from the public, the plan to build a sixteen-story tower at the former Sears site…
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Supervisors to Consider Historic Affordable Housing Vote to Protect RV’s & Tiny Homes on April 5 Urgency ordinance that would curb 200 annual Permit Sonoma evictions would avoid costly federal lawsuit over housing rights
Sonoma County has a historic opportunity to protect thousands of people living in alternative housing from eviction by Permit Sonoma. On Tuesday, the Board of…
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UC Davis “Be the Media” Course Breaks New Ground for Climate Activism Top eco-science professors join media evolutionary to directly build public awareness for urgently needed climate solutions
“Climate Solutions Advocacy: Be the Media”, a first of its kind ecology course, will be offered to UC Davis graduate students as a participatory seminar…
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Billion Dollar Boondoggle Plan Could Cripple County Services for Next 30 Years Proposal to move county HQ downtown greenwashed & pushed by supes without public support
The Board of Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on what would be the largest construction project in Sonoma County history. The $1.65 billion dollar…
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Housing Groups Join 3,000 Petitioners Urging Supervisors to End Permit Sonoma’s Eviction War on the Poor Housing rights campaign for renters of trailers & tiny homes now supported by Homeless Action, Legal Aid, Tenants Union & Rabbitt opponent Blake Hooper
On January 25, during a Sonoma County’s Board of Supervisors meeting to set the legislative agenda for 2022, a growing group of housing activists and…
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Will Supervisors Vote to Stop Permit Sonoma’s Cruel Eviction War on the Poor? Code Enforcement Now Forces Twice As Many Low Income People Into Homelessness Than County Government Acquires Housing For
On Tuesday, January 25, the Board of Supervisors will be meeting to set their legislative agenda, in advance, for the entire year. Last year, Supervisors…
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Proposed Urgency Ordinance to Protect People Living in Unpermitted Safe Alternative Housing from Government Eviction Grassroots affordable housing rights campaign pressures supervisors to take responsibility for shameful eviction of hundreds of low income renters
Next Tuesday, January 25, the Board of Supervisors will be meeting to set their legislative agenda, in advance, for the entire year! Last year, Supervisors…
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