Forest to Faucets: Legislative Members Embark on Forest-Health Tour in American River Watershed

“Healthy and resilient forests are critical to water quality and supply, and to keeping our communities safe from wildfires,” said Angela Avery, executive officer of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy. “There’s a critical need to advance landscape-scale restoration along with treatments…

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California enacts four 2025 laws on ballot measures and recalls, including ban on foreign national contributions to ballot measure campaigns

Asm. Blanca Pacheco (D-64), who co-authored the legislation with Asm. Juan Alanis (R-22), said, “California’s elections should be decided by Californians–not foreign money. AB 953 closes a loophole allowing foreign nationals to monetarily influence our ballot measures, protecting the integrity of our democracy.”…

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