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Walters: Housing Action Just Half-a-Loaf

September 16, 2019

Gavin Newsom’s first legislative session as governor began with promises to vigorously confront California’s huge and ever-growing housing shortage. “If we want a California for All, we have to build housing for all,” Newsom told legislators in his State of...

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Clovis Secures Its Future Growth With FID Water Deals

David Taub

July 16, 2019

The Clovis City Council has approved landmark water deals with the Fresno Irrigation District that officials say will secure the city's growth for decades to come. "I think steps like this benefit both our a...

Weakling or Bully? The Battle Over CEQA, California’s Iconic Environmental Law

CalMatters

May 15, 2019

In the rugged hills to the east of the Napa Valley, chainsaws and bulldozers converted a steep hillside of scrubby oak woodland and rockpiles into another vineyard. “That was an incredible rock-hopping wonde...

Walters: Newsom Raises the Housing Bar on Himself

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 30, 2019

Gavin Newsom began his governorship this month by promising to confront what he described as California’s most important issue, an ever-increasing shortage of housing. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary California’s chronic housing...

Opinion: California Isn’t Progressive. It’s Racist & Dirt Poor.

gvwire

June 11, 2018

"Number One In Poverty, California Isn't Our Most Progressive State — It's Our Most Racist One" is the headline over an essay by Michael Shellenberger published May 31 on forbes.com. Shellenberger is not to ...

Who Runs California? A Baker’s Dozen of Movers, Shakers & Blockers

Bill McEwen

May 7, 2018

One vote can make all the difference, we are told. But in California there are people and forces that wield a thousand — if not a billion — times the power of the voter. That influence flows from talent, ...

Caglia Industrial Park Faces a Hurdle. Neighbors File Lawsuit.

David Taub

March 1, 2018

Neighbors in south Fresno are suing the city over the city council’s approval of a 2 million-square-foot industrial park. They claim the city failed to follow environmental review standards. The council passed a project proposed by Caglia Environmental on J...

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Opinion: Valley Should Not Be Held Captive to PG&E Failures

Gideon Levy: ‘The Two-State Solution has Left the Station’

Newsom’s First Rodeo: In Year One, Governor Bucks Both Trump and Brown

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NW Fresno Council Candidates Clash Over Police, Homeless

A Clovis Unified Trustee Will Retire in 2020. Who Wants the Seat?

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