The California Review

Ideas for a better California.

[Young Voices @JoinYoungVoices]

Who could have guessed dairy cows were not the culprit for climate change? @kennethschrupp brings some nuance to the hysteria of climate activists targeting the dairy industry.

Check out the entire article in @TheCalRev:
https://t.co/pCi6dwzWXZ

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"If the dairy industry is so environmentally benign, what’s the beef with cows? Without them, we’re left with “meat” produced from tumors in industrial laboratories and “milk” alternatives from genetically modified monocrops grown at corporate farms. Instead of waging war on cows, environmentalists should be championing the cause of the small farmer," writes @kennethschrupp

https://t.co/tttJI634qV

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According to a new study from @ucdavis, California dairies are set to be climate neutral—contributing no additional warming to the atmosphere—as soon as 2027, challenging the narrative that cattle products must be abandoned for the environment’s sake.

https://t.co/yJlmeEuelS

[Livable Communities Initiative @LCI_LA]

New Bill Proposed to Radically Improve Apartment Building Cost and Design https://t.co/NGeepOoWEG via @TheCalRev

[Roxanne Hoge @RoxanneHoge]

@TheCalRev @LADOTofficial Sometimes, the only appropriate response is 🤦🏽‍♀️

Los Angeles deserves better. I'm happy that @GOPLosAngeles called out this complete boondoggle.

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@LADOTofficial launched its La Sombrita prototypes, a “shade and lighting pilot” for its Gender Equity Action Plan, hiring consultants to travel all across the world to best make the resulting $10,000 bus stop lamps “more gender inclusive.”

https://t.co/QlJIqFfQrY

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@LADOTofficial launched its La Sombrita prototypes, a “shade and lighting pilot” for its Gender Equity Action Plan, hiring consultants to travel all across the world to best make the resulting $10,000 bus stop lamps “more gender inclusive.”

https://t.co/QlJIqFfQrY

[The California Review @TheCalRev]

@LADOTofficial launched its "La Sombrita" prototypes, a “shade and lighting pilot” for its Gender Equity Action Plan, hiring consultants to travel all across the world to best make the resulting $10,000 bus stop lamps “more gender inclusive.”

https://t.co/QlJIqFfQrY

[The California Review @TheCalRev]

@LADOTofficial launched its La Sombrita prototypes, a “shade and lighting pilot” for its Gender Equity Action Plan, hiring consultants to travel all across the world to best make the resulting $10,000 bus stop lamps “more gender inclusive.

https://t.co/QlJIqFfQrY

[The California Review @TheCalRev]

@LADOTofficial launched its La Sombrita prototypes, a “shade and lighting pilot” for its Gender Equity Action Plan, hiring consultants to travel all across the world to best make the resulting $10,000 bus stop lamps “more gender inclusive.”

https://t.co/QlJIqFfQrY

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"Restoring our roads and offering safe, frequent service on existing transit lines that cost billions of dollars to build can improve transportation quality for riders and drivers alike." Via @kennethschrupp.

https://t.co/8KWRa1Befl

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Just over a year after relocating Tesla’s corporate headquarters to Texas, chief executive officer Elon Musk is opening the firm’s engineering headquarters back in California, where the company was founded and previously headquartered.

https://t.co/BoEKmJ6Gxa

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Under these new enforcement measures, city staff offer shelter, post notice where enforcement is imminent, offer to store belongings, remove encampment material beyond bedding, and issue citations for noncompliance.

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Culver City has now joined Santa Monica in banning camping in public spaces in advance of a now-affirmative vote by Los Angeles’ city council on February 15 to significantly expand enforcement of its own anti-camping ordinance.

https://t.co/CYj7kn6Es2

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A new bill from Assembly Member @alex_lee could radically improve apartment building cost and design by allowing for the construction of single-staircase buildings more than three stories tall.

https://t.co/wvIn1eUfKF

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The constitutional amendment to create a ⅔ popular vote requirement for new or increased local taxes and both a ⅔ legislative vote in each chamber with a majority popular vote for state taxes is qualified for the November 2024 ballot.

https://t.co/wmmQILjgEn

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California’s latest budget included a tax credit that allows union members to receive a tax credit, not deduction, for their union dues, thereby allowing the state to underwrite the cost of union dues, and may soon allow its legislature to unionize.

https://t.co/J8H5vSyLR2

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California’s legislature has approved a ballot initiative for November to enshrine abortion and contraceptive rights in the state constitution as the state gears up to become “the nation’s abortion provider.” 

https://t.co/lVguvmySah

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California Democrats have unveiled a proposal to issue cash rebates of up to $1050 per household to offset record gas prices, while denying a motion to prevent an increase in California’s gas prices to 54 cents per gallon on July 1. Via @kennethschrupp.

https://t.co/JAnlE0gRrE