Fresno Budget Priorities and Guiding Principles for a Just and Equitable Economic Recovery
Fresno Budget Priorities and Guiding Principles for a Just and Equitable Economic Recovery
Breakdown: The Good, Not So Good, and TBD of Newsom’s May Revise 2022-2023
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.
Madera County Residents Deserve Community-Driven Process for Transportation Sales Tax Renewal
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.
City of Merced Must Invest COVID Recovery Funds in Premium Pay for Farmworkers
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.
California Air Resources Board Program Incentivizes Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Pollution from Dairy and Pig Farms
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.
Budget Breakdown: The Good, Not so Good, and Unfinished Business in the last chapter of California’s Wild Budget Year.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.