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Breakdown: The Good, Not So Good, and TBD of Newsom’s May Revise 2022-2023

May 18, 2022
Lesly Figueroa
Blog, Blog

With an unprecedented surplus revenue we call for bold and transformative investments. Much work remains to be done to ensure effective and equitable investments to advance environmental and racial justice in California. We look forward to working with community residents, advocates, legislators, and the administration to adopt a state budget that supports a resilient, healthy, and equitable Inland California.

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Madera County Residents Deserve Community-Driven Process for Transportation Sales Tax Renewal

April 20, 2022
Jill Hindenach
Blog, Blog
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While existing communities’ transportation needs go unmet, the County is rushing to renew Measure T as a Forever Tax on the November 2022 ballot, despite its 2027 expiration date.

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City of Merced Must Invest COVID Recovery Funds in Premium Pay for Farmworkers

December 6, 2021
Jill Hindenach
Blog, Blog
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Farmworkers are one of the most disproportionately impacted groups by the COVID-19 crisis. They kept the nation’s food supply going while many of us were able to shelter-in-place and work remotely, yet the City’s proposed spending plan does not provide much-needed assistance to farmworkers.

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California Air Resources Board Program Incentivizes Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Pollution from Dairy and Pig Farms

October 27, 2021
Jill Hindenach
Blog, Blog
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One of California’s primary climate programs, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), is dramatically overstating the climate benefits of using methane gas sourced from factory farms as a transportation fuel.

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Budget Breakdown: The Good, Not so Good, and Unfinished Business in the last chapter of California’s Wild Budget Year.

September 13, 2021
Lesly Figueroa
2021-22 Budget Recommendations, Blog, Blog
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Last week the legislature finalized California’s 21-22 budget, after months of negotiations and months of advocacy to ensure that state investments addressed priorities of lower income and communities of color in Inland California. Here’s our take on budget bills passed…

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9 ways San Joaquin Valley cities, counties can build up housing opportunities and reinvest in communities

The San Joaquin Valley is often labelled as having “more affordable” housing compared to the rest of California. But for Valley residents, rents are not so affordable.

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City response needed after South Fresno neighborhood smothered by recycling center fire

Residents are directly feeling the effects of climate change locally, and a lack of policies or emergency planning to mitigate these effects will continue to hurt communities.

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CA Environmental Groups: State Should Not Subsidize Dairy Biogas Production

Investing in Dairy Biogas Perpetuates and Exacerbates air and water pollution from dairies in California’s Central Valley.

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Crucial and Critical: Invest now in Community Resilience, Public Health, and Emergency Response

California and its constituent communities will require innovative community driven partnerships and physical infrastructure to support response and recovery efforts from compounding disasters.

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Community of Fairmead in Madera County Secures Investments as High Speed Rail Seeks to Pass Through

For more than a decade, Fairmead Community and Friends (FCF) have had a consistent message: if High Speed Rail (HSR) passes through Fairmead, the HSR Authority must listen to residents, invest in Fairmead’s future, and commit to improving the community.

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