Notices tagged with california, page 21

@EU_Commission

#ClimateCrisis #ForestFires

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...tribes, such as the #Yurok, #Karuk, #Hupa, #Miwok, and #Chumash in #California:

"For more than 13,000 years...hundreds of...tribes 👉across...the world used small intentional burns to renew local food, medicinal and cultural resources, create habitat for animals, and reduce the risk of larger, more dangerous wild fires."👈

The Spanish conquerors first prohibited this...

'Link tax': Google yanks California news sites over proposed law

> #Google on Friday said it is testing removing links to #California news sites for some users in the western #US state as legislators mull making the online search giant pay for connecting people to news.
https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2186261.html

#California #media #BlockedContent #news #Google #politics

"Google is temporarily blocking California-based news outlets’ content for some state residents, reprising a political tactic the tech industry has repeatedly used to try to derail such bills in places like Canada and Australia that require online platforms to pay journalism outlets for articles featured on their websites."

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/12/google-california-news-journalism-00151873

"His agency also wants to more accurately price at-risk homes and encourage residents to better harden and protect them from #wildfires, and squelch the rapid growth of #California’s FAIR plan, which, as Lara said Thursday, has become the “first resort, not last resort” for many residents."

#HomeInsurance rates will go way up in California, and especially so for vulnerable homes. I hope they keep the equity issue in mind while crafting this policy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/09/21/california-insurance-risks-fire-climate/

"Cargo ships have gotten larger over the decades, with many easily weighing more than 100,000 tons.

.... experts say the #Baltimore collapse does not expose significant vulnerabilities in the major bridges near ports across #California, which has the two busiest in the nation: the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, which handle about 40% of U.S. container imports from Asia"

(for more on how LA leaned into scale, see my book #OilBeach !)

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-03-26/are-californias-big-bridges-safe-from-cargo-ships

#shipping #ports

Update.

The #RightToRepair Is Law in #Minnesota. #California Should Be Next
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/right-repair-law-minnesota-california-should-be-next

Update. From @pluralistic: #Apple's public support for #California's #RightToRepair legislation masks deep and effective opposition.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/#thought-differently

Update. "#Apple might’ve backed a #RightToRepair bill in #California, but it was spotted lobbying 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 a new bill in #Oregon that tries to ban the practice known as parts pairing."
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/9/24067957/apple-right-to-repair-oregon-bill-parts-pairing-ban

The #CaliforniaStateBar has recommended that fmr #Trump #election #attorney #JohnEastman be #disbarred, a judge said in a filing on Wed
#Eastman was charged w/multiple disciplinary counts by the State #Bar of #California on allegations that he engaged in "a course of conduct to plan, promote, & assist then-Pres Trump in executing a strategy, unsupported by #facts or #law, to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/california-state-bar-recommends-trump-attorney-john-eastman/story?id=108566036

#Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for #Oil Spills in #California
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The penalties come after an investigation by The Desert Sun and ProPublica found that companies were profiting from illegal spills and California’s oversight of the industry was lax.

#environment #Pollution #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/chevron-will-pay-record-fines-for-california-oil-spills?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Black BART rider handcuffed after charging phone on train which is not illegal #sanfrancisco #california

https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/22/bart-rider-detained-charging-phone/

Hi Fedi Family,
In 2008 Californians voted for Prop8 that defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman in the California constitution. While this was defeated in courts this draconian Prop8 language is still in the California constitution. Justice tHomas and the right wing SCOTUS is openly hinting at destroying precedent and trampling rights. If they overturned Obergefell - the Prop8 language in the California Constitution will act as a “trigger law”, raining havoc on queer families like mine across California.
Please spread the word to vote “YES” to repeal Prop8 (2008) from the California constitution in Nov 2024. Talk to your friends, family and colleagues about it.

Boosts appreciated.

https://ballotpedia.org/California_Right_to_Marry_and_Repeal_Proposition_8_Amendment_(2024)
#lgbt #lgbtq #California #marriageequality #Prop8 #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #queer #nonbinary #enby #HumanRights #Politics #USpol #scotus #lgbtqia #indivisible #equality #trans #love #sfba

The passage of Proposition 12 means sows must have at least 24 square feet of space per animal if hog outlets wish to sell pork to #California. This opens up opportunities for smaller producers to get into the market. The Biden Administration is wrong to fight this. We need more competition, not less. https://missouriindependent.com/2024/03/11/with-californias-prop-12-now-law-pork-producers-adapt-while-lobbying-groups-continue-to-fight/?emci=695f8822-e0de-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=f9f2707c-96df-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=136240

Anti-war demonstrators broke windows and shut down a talk from a leading member of a far-Right think-tank, the Kohelet Policy Forum, which is linked to far-Right parties in Israel, the Netanyahu government and the Republican party. Event was scheduled to be held at UC Berkeley in the bay area of #California.

#Palestine #FreePalestine #Ceasefire #CeasefireNow #FreeGaza #Gaza

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/02/27/uc-berkeley-israeli-speaker-protest

#Attackers #yelled #antigay, #racist #slurs during #beachparty #stabbing of #teen #boy in #California.

#Disturbing #video of the #attack has been #circulating among local #highschools. #Police told KTLA they are aware of the video and #investigating, but have yet to #confirm if the #incident is being treated as the #hatecrime it was.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Racism #Homophobia #Police #NoPoliceAtPride

https://www.advocate.com/crime/antigay-slurs-teen-attacked-california

Sharing this not to endorse #KatiePorter (or any other candidate), but because I LOL'd at the start of the lead sentence:

"Whatever remaining cryptocurrency moguls who are not looking at prison time have coalesced around a common enemy in Senate candidate Katie Porter, as money from Ron Conway and Andreessen Horowitz just bought $2 million worth of attack ads against her."

https://sfist.com/2024/02/13/new-crypto-bro-pac-spending-millions-on-ads-to-defeat-katie-porter-in-california-senate-race/

#crypto #California

Chinese-Born Man Arrested in California for Theft of Trade Secrets
https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-born-man-arrested-in-california-for-theft-of-trade-secrets/7479063.html #california #china #trade #secrets #theft #ballistic #missile #tech