Editorial: Rat poison almost killed P-22. We can save more lions and other wildlife if we ban rodenticides
When research scientists tracking P-22, the late beloved lion of Griffith Park, went to change the batteries in his GPS collar in 2014, they found him suffering from mange, a parasitic disease of the skin and hair that is connected to rodenticide poisoning.
EcoLogic Podcast
We need to make the investments in the infrastructure that we need to be more sustainable. We can't grow as a city, house everybody, and have everybody driving everywhere. We see where that has led us: to a housing shortage and huge problems with congestion. So, what the Assembly Select Committee on Urban Development to combat climate change was about was how we can move forward and do the kind of land use planning that we need, and to get the investments that we also need, to make a better quality of life for everybody.
Newsom weighs restrictions on watering decorative grass
A state bill on the verge of becoming law would ban the use of drinking water to irrigate decorative grass, a mandate endorsed by Marin leaders who are already largely prepared for it.
CONVO: LAURA FRIEDMAN ON HER LEGISLATIVE WORK ADVOCATING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
Laura’s legislative work is focused in three primary areas: addressing the housing affordability and homelessness crisis, combating climate change, and protecting vulnerable communities. She has authored a package of bills to create new avenues for communities to tackle the affordable housing crisis, encourage water conservation, strengthen environmental sustainability, protect communities against devastating wildfires, improve access to higher education and health care, and ensure that California’s foster youth have the support that they need as they transition to adulthood.
Supporters now play a waiting game to see if AB 645 is signed into law by the governor
A bill that for the first time in California history would authorize speed cameras on roadways in six selected cities passed both houses in Sacramento last week and is now on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk awaiting his signature.
Speeding cameras could be deployed in California: How much fines would be?
Unlike some cities’ red light camera programs, these violations would not be considered criminal — they would be civil — and would not result in points on your license, Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Burbank), who co-authored the bill, explained in a statement to FOX5SanDiego.com.
In lieu of payment, cities and counties can also offer those who receive a ticket the alternative to perform community service to satisfy their violation. People who meet certain income or housing criteria can also receive deductions of these fines anywhere from 50 to 80%, the bill stipulates.
If speed cameras are installed in California, what will the fines be?
A bill that would establish a pilot program in six California cities to ticket speeding drivers with cameras instead of police is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for approval.
Opinion: Traffic violence kills hundreds of San Diegans a year. Here’s how speed cameras could help.
My husband was just one of 315 people killed and 17,844 people injured on San Diego County roads in 2021.
San Diego County has had its share of tragic crashes and fatalities on its roads, and until 2021, when my husband, Matt, was killed while riding his bicycle, I thought that affected others.
All Kinds of Safety and Sustainability Bills Made it to the Governor’s Desk
And some have been held for next year
If it feels like a bit of a bonanza for sustainability legislation this year, it is because a lot of bills championed by safety and sustainable transportation advocates actually made it all the through the sausage making and on to Governor Newsom's desk. He has until October 14 to sign or veto them, so their fates are not certain yet.
First, a list of some of the sustainability bills that passed both the Assembly and Senate. At the end are some that did not make it, at least this year.