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AllPoliticsEconomyJusticeEnvironmentEducationHealthHousingOur legislators: Damon Connolly · Mike McGuire
Bills we're watching: AB 1821 Signed ✔ · AB 2222 Signed ✔ · AB 2323 Signed ✔ · AB 929 Signed ✔ · SB 607 Signed ✔ · SB 690 Signed ✔ · SB 423 Signed ✔From CalMatters, the nonprofit newsroom covering Sacramento and California

LA chemical plant on short leash from state regulators as neighbors continue to protest its operations

By ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE, CalMatters ·
A person stands before a council chamber with officials seated at a long wooden table, facing an audience in a formal meeting setting.
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California’s carbon market changed this year, and the next governor will inherit the fallout

Steve Hilton would suspend California’s carbon market. Xavier Becerra’s campaign hasn’t said what it would do.

By EMMA FOEHRINGER MERCHANT, CalMatters ·

Vital Central Valley flood control levees are poorly maintained, state watchdog finds

By RACHEL BECKER, CalMatters ·
A warning sign on the side of a levee being held together by piles of stones. The scene is viewed across the river through a bush along the shoreline.

Dozens of California dams need repair as El Niño winter draws closer

By RACHEL BECKER, CalMatters ·
Close-up of the concrete supports of Lake Hodges Dam, showing cracks, discolored surfaces and several areas covered with reflective patches near the waterline.
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