In the city of Paramount, just southeast of Los Angeles, it is hard for many people to breathe…
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In the city of Paramount, just southeast of Los Angeles, it is hard for many people to breathe…
Xavier Becerra started his new job as the attorney general of California in January and has since been swept up in a series of confrontations between the Democrat-dominated state and the Trump administration…
Lawmakers frustrated that their communities have not benefited equally in California’s expansive fight against climate change are trying to reframe the debate in a crucial year for the future of state environmental policy…
California lawmakers are moving to reshape the state’s climate change policies by focusing on social justice issues such as alleviating local pollution and creating job opportunities, laying down a marker in conversations about the future of the cap-and-trade program…
California lawmakers on Thursday announced a new effort to address climate change with an increased focus on finding ways to help communities harmed by pollution and poverty…
San Joaquin Valley children are poor, hungry, undereducated and at a greater risk of ending up in jail than those raised in any other region of the state, according to a new report highlighting chronic health issues in the area…
The Women’s Foundation of California is proud to introduce you to the 2016–2017 class of Women’s Policy Institute–State (WPI) fellows…
Water advocacy leaders in California are calling for the state government to permanently invest in water infrastructure–noting that over 300 California communities are affected by unsafe drinking water…
Clean water advocates want state leaders to create a safe and affordable drinking water fund for hundreds of communities throughout California…