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The California Taxpayers Association, which opposes the cap-and-trade program, tallied a whopping \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltax.org/homepage/Cap_Trade_Spending_Report2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$4.8 billion cap-and-trade wish list from lawmakers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10663699\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10663699\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Some Democrats want to use cap-and-trade money for public transit needs. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some Democrats want to use cap-and-trade money for public transit needs. \u003ccite>(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among the proposals: A group of Bay Area and Los Angeles Democrats wants to spend \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a17/news-room/press-releases/coalition-of-bay-area-legislators-transit-agencies-and-advocates-call-for-state-funding-for-transit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an additional $100 million each year \u003c/a>from the cap-and-trade fund on public transit improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a17/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assemblyman David Chiu\u003c/a>, D-San Francisco, said the proposal would benefit Californians from all socioeconomic backgrounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The parameters of the cap-and-trade program were to use those revenues for things that will directly reduce greenhouse gases,” Chiu said. \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">“We know that 40 percent of our emissions are coming from the millions of cars we have on our streets. And thinking about ways to be creative in supporting transportation modes that millions of California use to get more cars off the roads and reduce our gas emissions and reduce congestion — all of that makes a lot of sense.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu and his allies aren’t the only ones with ideas. Other proposals run the gamut: Building sustainable and affordable housing; reducing wildfire emissions; creating more open space; and even making ports more energy efficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10663701\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10663701\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Wildfires release greenhouse gas emissions into the air. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-1440x961.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildfires release greenhouse gas emissions into the air. \u003ccite>( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One issue that has risen to the forefront is how much money should go to disadvantaged communities that have taken the brunt of pollution — and how to define such communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a62/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assemblywoman Autumn Burke\u003c/a>, D-Los Angeles, represents a region that includes wealthier communities like Marina Del Rey, and more working-class enclaves, such as Inglewood. She says the state’s \u003ca href=\"http://oehha.ca.gov/ej/ces2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current formula for defining “disadvantaged”\u003c/a> may not capture some deserving communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still think the definition of a disadvantaged community needs to be worked at with a finer-tooth comb,” she said. And, she added, many of the environmentally-friendly incentives and programs offered to California residents in the past — such as fuel-efficient car subsidies and solar rebates — have mainly \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-electric-cars-20150824-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">benefited the wealthy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just want to see equality,” Burke said. “I have a district that’s diverse, not just racially but economically, and I just want to see parity — I want to see the disadvantaged portions of my community have access to funds and have clean air, just like the western portion of my district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘I want to see the disadvantaged portions of my community have access to funds and have clean air.’ \u003ccite>Assemblywoman Autumn Burke\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Republicans have priorities of their own for the money. State Sen. Bob Huff, R-San Dimas, \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520161SB2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wants to use about $1.9 billion of the cap-and-trade funding to fix the state’s roads and highways\u003c/a>. Earlier this summer, the governor \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/03/special-sessions-on-health-care-and-transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called a special session \u003c/a>aimed at finding ways to fix the state’s crumbling infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This transportation crisis requires that we look at everything,” said Huff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huff’s bill will be \u003ca href=\"http://stran.senate.ca.gov/agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heard in a Senate committee\u003c/a> Tuesday. But it’s not expected to go far; Democrats have scoffed at the idea that cap-and-trade money could legally be used to fix roads used by polluting cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The proposal is not a real proposal,” said Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles. “You’d have litigation almost immediately because there’s no nexus with regards to carbon reduction of (greenhouse gas) and other criteria pollutants and filling a pothole. So it’s not a serious proposal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats can go it alone: They need only a simple majority in each house of the Legislature to approve a plan to spend the money. But Democratic lawmakers’ priorities are as varied as their districts, and they will also need to bring the governor on board with any final plan. And if they want to do it in 2015, they don’t have much time.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The California Taxpayers Association, which opposes the cap-and-trade program, tallied a whopping \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltax.org/homepage/Cap_Trade_Spending_Report2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$4.8 billion cap-and-trade wish list from lawmakers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10663699\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10663699\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Some Democrats want to use cap-and-trade money for public transit needs. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/7040_transform-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some Democrats want to use cap-and-trade money for public transit needs. \u003ccite>(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among the proposals: A group of Bay Area and Los Angeles Democrats wants to spend \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a17/news-room/press-releases/coalition-of-bay-area-legislators-transit-agencies-and-advocates-call-for-state-funding-for-transit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an additional $100 million each year \u003c/a>from the cap-and-trade fund on public transit improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a17/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assemblyman David Chiu\u003c/a>, D-San Francisco, said the proposal would benefit Californians from all socioeconomic backgrounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The parameters of the cap-and-trade program were to use those revenues for things that will directly reduce greenhouse gases,” Chiu said. \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">“We know that 40 percent of our emissions are coming from the millions of cars we have on our streets. And thinking about ways to be creative in supporting transportation modes that millions of California use to get more cars off the roads and reduce our gas emissions and reduce congestion — all of that makes a lot of sense.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu and his allies aren’t the only ones with ideas. Other proposals run the gamut: Building sustainable and affordable housing; reducing wildfire emissions; creating more open space; and even making ports more energy efficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10663701\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10663701\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Wildfires release greenhouse gas emissions into the air. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-1440x961.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/6501_transform-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildfires release greenhouse gas emissions into the air. \u003ccite>( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One issue that has risen to the forefront is how much money should go to disadvantaged communities that have taken the brunt of pollution — and how to define such communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a62/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assemblywoman Autumn Burke\u003c/a>, D-Los Angeles, represents a region that includes wealthier communities like Marina Del Rey, and more working-class enclaves, such as Inglewood. 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"content": "\u003cp>For kids growing up on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centralcoast-tourism.com/monterey-bay-region.htm\">Central Coast\u003c/a>, actually getting to the ocean can depend on their socioeconomic status or where their families live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some young people surf and explore in the tidepools, while others never visit Monterey Bay. But here's some good news: the Monterey Bay region is teeming with programs to inspire the next generation of marine scientists, no matter who they are or where they come from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Point Lobos, just south of Carmel, attracts kids from all over the region. It’s a place where they can see whales migrating off in the distance and get up close with smaller sea creatures during low tide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer many of those young people were kids and their counselors from \u003ca href=\"http://campsealab.org/\">\u003cu>Camp SEA Lab\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. 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Many of its students are children of immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At that age, you know a lot of family expectations, a lot of pressure to contribute and help out, and summer jobs should be priority in the culture. And so if we had to pay for it, definitely wouldn’t be able to participate,” says Carrillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the aquarium covers the cost of the program, which begins with a summer camp and continues in school with a class and student research. Students who complete the program, graduate high school and go to college also receive a $1,000 scholarship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Carrillo, the WATCH program is an experience that brought her full circle. She now works at the aquarium as a bilingual education specialist. Her job includes leading a program that connects Head Start preschoolers to the ocean, where some of the kids are the children of her high school classmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love that I know where they are coming from, and it’s a little bit easier for me to gain buy-in from these parents because I came from their community,” says Carrillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also shows kids that they can follow their dreams and come back to do something positive, all while helping the ocean in their backyard.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>ZEPHYR COVE, Nevada — Perhaps the stunning blue lake waters were the inspiration for Gov. Jerry Brown to offer a crystal-clear message at Lake Tahoe’s annual environmental summit: Opponents in the political fight over climate change better be ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have no intention of backing down,” said Brown in regard to the current fight over one new hot-button climate change bill at the state Capitol — though his remarks seemed in line with his general viewpoint on the environmental challenges he sees facing California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to intensify our efforts at bringing lower carbon fuels and lower carbon pollution,” he said. And then, to put a fine point on it: “We’re going to attack this problem of climate change in a very positive way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10655370\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10655370\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/IMG_3978-400x308.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at the Lake Tahoe Summit on Aug. 24, 2015 in Zephyr Cove, NV.\" width=\"400\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/IMG_3978-400x308.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/IMG_3978-800x616.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/IMG_3978-1440x1109.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/IMG_3978-1180x909.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/IMG_3978-960x740.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/IMG_3978.jpg 1755w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at the Lake Tahoe Summit on Aug. 24, 2015, in Zephyr Cove, Nevada. \u003ccite>(John Myers/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The governor joined Nevada officials, as well as regional members of California’s congressional delegation and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-San Francisco, for Monday’s two-hour event on the Tahoe shoreline that emphasized cooperation and collaboration to preserve the alpine lake’s cobalt-blue waters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even for a lake whose clarity has improved since the first summit in 1997, there’s a political murkiness to efforts at protection. For almost a decade , efforts have stalled in Washington, D.C., to renew federal funding for a variety of Tahoe lake and regional environmental projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, two very different visions of new federal help for the Tahoe region have emerged: one from Feinstein and U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., to \u003ca href=\"http://www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2015/7/nevada-california-senators-introduce-lake-tahoe-restoration-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allocate $415 million in funding\u003c/a>; and a much leaner version from U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, that \u003ca href=\"https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tahoe-restoration-act-of-2015-introduced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would spend about $60 million and focus most of the money on forest fire prevention\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McClintock said his proposal was about as good as it gets when it comes to the budget demands of his fellow Republicans in the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Talk without action is just talk,” McClintock told the crowd at the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what does Brown think of the small-is-all-we-can-get approach?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Smaller versions come from smaller minds,” the governor told reporters after the event. “And Lake Tahoe, and the environment, are big.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown used his own speech at the lakeside summit to urge efforts that help “de-carbonize” the atmosphere. While he’s been a frequent guest at the annual event, the governor seemed eager for a more expansive fight on environmental issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has not taken a position on \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/08/16/the-big-battles-to-watch-in-final-2015-debates-california-state-legislature/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Legislature’s most-talked-about bill\u003c/a>, Senate Bill 350 by Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles. But the bill would codify three climate change efforts the governor laid out in \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his January inaugural\u003c/a>: More renewable energy, more energy efficient vehicles, and a cut in vehicle petroleum use by up to 50 percent. The bill is now the target of an intense lobbying and public relations campaign on both sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor, while not endorsing the specific language, made it clear he’s working behind the scenes to find a bill that will make it through the Legislature and to his desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Brown seemed energized for the fight. “The oil industry is in deep trouble,” he told reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-senate-leader-says-oil-industry-fear-mongering-on-sb-350-20150819-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ad campaign launched by an oil industry-funded group that warns of potential gas rationing\u003c/a>, or worse, if SB350 becomes law?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The petroleum boys are making up things,” said the governor. “I don’t want to use the word that is normally used for things when people don’t tell the truth.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, two very different visions of new federal help for the Tahoe region have emerged: one from Feinstein and U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., to \u003ca href=\"http://www.heller.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2015/7/nevada-california-senators-introduce-lake-tahoe-restoration-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allocate $415 million in funding\u003c/a>; and a much leaner version from U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, that \u003ca href=\"https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tahoe-restoration-act-of-2015-introduced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would spend about $60 million and focus most of the money on forest fire prevention\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McClintock said his proposal was about as good as it gets when it comes to the budget demands of his fellow Republicans in the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Talk without action is just talk,” McClintock told the crowd at the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what does Brown think of the small-is-all-we-can-get approach?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Smaller versions come from smaller minds,” the governor told reporters after the event. “And Lake Tahoe, and the environment, are big.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown used his own speech at the lakeside summit to urge efforts that help “de-carbonize” the atmosphere. While he’s been a frequent guest at the annual event, the governor seemed eager for a more expansive fight on environmental issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has not taken a position on \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/08/16/the-big-battles-to-watch-in-final-2015-debates-california-state-legislature/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Legislature’s most-talked-about bill\u003c/a>, Senate Bill 350 by Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles. But the bill would codify three climate change efforts the governor laid out in \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his January inaugural\u003c/a>: More renewable energy, more energy efficient vehicles, and a cut in vehicle petroleum use by up to 50 percent. The bill is now the target of an intense lobbying and public relations campaign on both sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor, while not endorsing the specific language, made it clear he’s working behind the scenes to find a bill that will make it through the Legislature and to his desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Brown seemed energized for the fight. “The oil industry is in deep trouble,” he told reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-senate-leader-says-oil-industry-fear-mongering-on-sb-350-20150819-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ad campaign launched by an oil industry-funded group that warns of potential gas rationing\u003c/a>, or worse, if SB350 becomes law?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The petroleum boys are making up things,” said the governor. “I don’t want to use the word that is normally used for things when people don’t tell the truth.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>LONE PINE, Inyo County — The gas station's ground was covered with the small winged bugs. Piles of carcasses, inches deep, sat swept to the sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the road, they rained onto car windshields. They flew by the thousands toward even the smallest sources of light, and crept along windows and kitchen tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such has been the skin-crawling reality for the past two months in the high-desert communities at the foot of the Sierra Nevada's eastern slopes, where residents have seen an explosion of the black-and-red seed bug species \u003cem>Melacoryphus lateralis\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're in everything. There's no way to get rid of them or eradicate them. They're just here,\" said Blair Nicodemus, 33, of Lone Pine, while driving with a bug creeping on his windshield. \"Sometimes there will be these micro-plumes that'll come through where there will be just thousands of them, and they'll be all over you. ... I'm sure I've eaten at least two dozen, because they get into your food.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'At nighttime, if you go into the station, they'll follow. They go everywhere. They get on your body, your head.'\u003ccite>Soma Praba,\u003cbr>\nPearsonville gas station owner\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Such outbreaks have happened in Arizona's Sonoran desert near Tucson, but scientists say it's the first one they have record of in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The influx has been driven by a mild winter and monsoonal weather, which provided healthier vegetation for the nutrient-sucking bugs, said David Haviland, an entomologist with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Kern County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bugs' flight into town and toward the lights in homes, businesses or cars, however, might be related to the drying up of native vegetation in the summer heat and the drought, said Nathan Reade, agricultural commissioner for Inyo and Mono counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the north, a different type of bug is \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/08/20/burning-mans-got-bugs-cue-radical-itching-and-bitching\" target=\"_blank\">infesting the site\u003c/a> of the Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. State officials are working to identify the green, coin-shaped insects swarming the outdoor venue and biting workers setting up for this year's event, which starts a week from Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entomologist Jeff Knight, with the Nevada Department of Agriculture, said the bugs aren't bloodsuckers and don't seem to pose a health risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the outbreak of fingernail-size seed bugs is a main topic of conversation in the infested communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A printout in a Lone Pine motel lobby warned people to keep their doors shut at night, and a hotel worker advised people to keep their car windows up if lights are on. A Dollar General Store in Inyokern limited its store hours after dark to avoid dealing with the bugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lia Sensanbaugh of Inyokern doesn't turn on her lights when at home. \"I've got them real bad,\" she said. \"I've been living off my TV light for about a month and a half.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10652397\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/pearsonvillebugs-a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10652397\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/pearsonvillebugs-a-400x491.jpg\" alt=\"Insects swarm a Shell station in the desert town of Pearsonville, southwestern Inyo County. The insects have been identified as a variety of seed bug.\" width=\"400\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/pearsonvillebugs-a-400x491.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/pearsonvillebugs-a-800x982.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/pearsonvillebugs-a.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Insects swarm a Shell station in the desert town of Pearsonville, southwestern Inyo County. The insects have been identified as a variety of seed bug. \u003ccite>(Matthew Hengst)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gas stations and rest areas along U.S. 395 — the main route from Southern California to the sparsely populated Owens Valley and eastern Sierra — are prime bug targets because of their lights. 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State officials are working to identify the green, coin-shaped insects swarming the outdoor venue and biting workers setting up for this year's event, which starts a week from Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entomologist Jeff Knight, with the Nevada Department of Agriculture, said the bugs aren't bloodsuckers and don't seem to pose a health risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the outbreak of fingernail-size seed bugs is a main topic of conversation in the infested communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A printout in a Lone Pine motel lobby warned people to keep their doors shut at night, and a hotel worker advised people to keep their car windows up if lights are on. 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"content": "\u003cp>At most, there are only 20 days of official business left at the state Capitol. By the time it’s over, huge policy and political fights will have been waged, some of which may set the stage for debates left for the voters to settle in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators return on Monday to Sacramento for the final sprint to the end of this year’s duties, the halfway mark of the two-year legislative session that began in January. Hundreds of bills are left to be debated, covering topics from environmental policy to privacy rights and long-term funding for roads and highways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are our top picks for the battles worth watching:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Biggie: Climate Clash\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s reputation on the international stage as a leader on climate change regulations has been front and center in recent months, and legislators may be on the verge of doubling down on that effort. Most notable are two bills to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and separate legislation to cut the state’s reliance on fossil fuels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greenhouse gas bills (\u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_32_cfa_20150710_120306_asm_comm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 32\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1288_cfa_20150713_150625_sen_comm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 1288\u003c/a>) push beyond the state’s 2006 landmark law, which seeks to shrink emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. AB 1288, by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), would extend the state’s use of cap-and-trade as a tool to limit greenhouse gas emissions. SB 32, by state Sen. 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This bill is an attempt to pull off the equivalent of a climate change hat trick: More renewable energy, more energy efficient buildings, and a 50 percent reduction in the use of petroleum by cars and trucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That last element — a big downsizing of gasoline use — is the one the oil industry has vowed to kill, with \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiadriversalliance.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an aggressive PR campaign over the last few weeks\u003c/a> and a list of business-leaning Democrats in the Assembly who they hope will lead the charge to weaken the Senate leader’s bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, a bill authored by a legislative leader can be hard to stop. And de León holds some powerful cards in his hand — namely, the bills of assemblymembers that have made it to the Senate, bills he could amend or kill to get his way with SB 350.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the biggest of the final legislative battles. And keep your eye on Gov. Jerry Brown, who may play a key role behind the scenes on an issue which he seems to increasingly view as a big part of his legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Money Talks: Health Care and Tobacco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers will be working both on regular-session issues and, concurrently, on two special legislative sessions — dealing with health care and transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/docs/6.16.15_Health_Care_Special_Session.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">While Brown’s call for a special health care session\u003c/a> is mostly aimed at finding a way to fund Medi-Cal, it seems a new round of tobacco wars will be taking front and center in the debate as well.\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10643161\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign-400x286.jpg\" alt=\"RS3292_NoSmokingSign\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign-400x286.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign-800x572.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign-960x686.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Democratic lawmakers have already introduced legislation as part of the special session that would define e-cigarettes as tobacco products and bring them under the state’s existing anti-smoking laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Senate Bill xx5 by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Assembly Bill xx6 by Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove) are essentially do-overs of Leno’s SB 140, which was \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Assembly-amendments-kill-bill-to-regulate-6374014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unceremoniously gutted in July by Assemblyman Adam Gray \u003c/a>(D-Merced), chair of the lower house’s powerful governmental organization committee. So it seems that legislation, combined with other bills, could set up an interesting battle in the Assembly, whose more moderate members have recently been loath to expand anti-tobacco laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(By the way, the “x” in the bill numbers refers to the fact that these were introduced in the \u003cem>special session\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on the tobacco docket: \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/abx2_10_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill xx10\u003c/a> by Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), which would allow counties to impose their own tobacco taxes; \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx2_7_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill xx7\u003c/a> by Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-San Gabriel Valley) and \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/abx2_8_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill xx8\u003c/a> by Assemblyman Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg), which would both raise the smoking age to 21; \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx2_6_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill xx6\u003c/a> by Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel), which would close some loopholes in the state’s workplace smoking laws; and \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx2_8_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill xx8\u003c/a> by Sen. Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge), which would expand tobacco-free programs to charter schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The health care session, of course, is actually aimed at finding a way to backfill \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/06/22/california-must-change-tax-or-face-losing-billions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.1 billion in funding for Medi-Cal that will dry up next June\u003c/a>, when the federal government starts enforcing new rules around how the low-income health insurance is funded. Democrats and Republicans also want to increase reimbursement rates for doctors who serve Medi-Cal patients and to increase funding for developmental disability services; Democratic lawmakers are pushing, too for more funding for the state’s In-Home Supportive Services program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) has proposed a flat tax on all managed care organizations in the state of $7.88 per patient, per month. He said the tax would raise the $1.1 billion for Medi-Cal, as well as money for the other programs. Republicans say that tax is unnecessary, and they would like to see the state instead dedicate any new general fund revenues above and beyond 2015 budget levels to developmental disability services and Medi-Cal rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transportation’s Tax Troubles\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other big special session debate over the final month will be over new dollars for California’s aging roads, highways and bridges. Getting consensus on the seriousness of the issue was the easy part; finding a way to pay for it — given that most revenue remedies will require a supermajority, bipartisan vote of each house — is the hard part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How much money? An \u003ca href=\"https://cafwd.app.box.com/s/cmibxng0bc6m345umly51adylv3zpu2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all-star coalition of local governments, business, and transportation groups\u003c/a> says it needs to be at least $6 billion. Annually. That’s a heavy lift in the political world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key debates will include how much to earmark for things like roads and bridges, and how much some urban legislators may demand for public transit; how many different fees or taxes can or should be raised, from gas taxes to vehicle registration fees; how much of the ever-growing pot of cash from cap-and-trade’s auction of emission allowances should be tapped; and the idea of moving away from per gallon taxes and towards “\u003ca href=\"http://www.dot.ca.gov/road_charge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">road charging\u003c/a>,” where drivers pay based on how many miles they drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Crime … and Accountability\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two controversial criminal justice bills will also be up for debate this month, both of them \u003ca href=\"/Users/mlagos/Downloads/201520160AB953_Senate%20Public%20Safety-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed\u003c/a> by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill 953\u003c/a>, by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), is billed by supporters, including the ACLU, as the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/AB953_fact_sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015.”\u003c/a> It would mandate a system for law enforcement to collect information on each stop they make, data that would have to be reported to the attorney general each year. AB 953 would also expand the state’s definition of profiling beyond race to include things such as gender, national origin, religion and sexual orientation. It’s supported by a long list of civil rights groups and opposed by most of the state’s large police organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643241\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10643241\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Police protests around the nation, including this one in San Francisco, helped spur AB953.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police protests around the nation, including this one in San Francisco, helped spur AB953. \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leno is again attempting to curb warrantless searches of phones, computers and other electronic devices with \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 178\u003c/a>. It’s his fourth run at the issue, which has repeatedly been embraced by lawmakers but vetoed by Brown in the face of law enforcement opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would require law enforcement to secure a court order before they compel service providers to give them personal communications, or before they search an electronic device. It has some exceptions for emergency situations. It’s supported by tech companies, consumer organizations and civil liberties groups, but opposed by prosecutors, police and sheriffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elections and Disclosure Laws\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handful of notable bills in the final month may make important changes in the conducting of elections and campaigns, starting as soon as next year’s contest. The most talked about of these is \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1461_bill_20150623_amended_sen_v94.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 1461\u003c/a> by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), requiring DMV and state elections officials to automatically register to vote those who are eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other bills that will be worth watching include a state-funded recount for razor-thin statewide candidate or ballot measure elections, and new donor disclosure rules on campaign mailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of disclosure: Keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1200_cfa_20150706_131902_sen_comm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 1200\u003c/a>, the effort by Assemblyman Rich Gordon (D-Menlo Park) to apply lobbying reports for those who seek government contracts — an area, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/08/13/240-million-education-contract-illustrates-state-lobbying-loopholes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as we reported last week, that’s virtually opaque when it comes to seeing who’s influencing what\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Affordability Issues\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats are also attempting to change a handful of state laws that they argue will make life easier for working families and individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643242\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10643242\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Efforts to raise the minimum wage are also happening at the local level. \" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-400x299.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-1440x1076.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Efforts to raise the minimum wage are also happening at the local level. \u003ccite>(Peter Jon Shuler/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill 908\u003c/a>, by Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) would \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/06/26/bill-to-expand-paid-family-leave-gains-traction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expand paid family leave in California\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 406\u003c/a>, by Sen. Hannah Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) would also \u003ca href=\"http://sd19.senate.ca.gov/news/2015-04-07-jackson-bill-would-provide-job-protection-paid-family-leave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expand job protections for Californians\u003c/a> that take paid family leave; Jackson’s Senate Bill 358 would\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/Time-to-require-equal-pay-for-similar-work-6405957.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> strengthen California’s gender pay protections\u003c/a>; and Leno’s \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 3\u003c/a> would raise the state’s minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2017, with automatic future increases based on the rate of inflation — the same kind of inflation “indexing” that’s been opposed in previous incarnations by Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ripped From The Headlines?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, there will be legislative debates that, even more than some of the bills mentioned above, are largely driven by the state or national news cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans \u003ca href=\"https://ad67.assemblygop.com/featured-news/melendez-calls-full-state-audit-planned-parenthood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are vowing to fight for more information on Planned Parenthood’s use of state tax dollars\u003c/a>, after the summertime controversy over a hidden video and accusations of selling fetal tissue for medical research. While \u003ca href=\"http://www.wsj.com/articles/hhs-warns-states-of-possible-violation-in-ending-medicaid-funds-for-planned-parenthood-1439392786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOP-dominant legislatures in other states are provoking a fight with the feds on the issue\u003c/a>, a debate in the heavily Democratic statehouse in Sacramento would be mostly symbolic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The summer’s tragic headline of a San Francisco murder, allegedly carried out by an undocumented felon who was released from custody just days earlier, may also make its way to the Legislature. Republican state Sen. Jeff Stone (R-Murrieta) \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-california-senator-proposes-immigration-holds-on-felons-in-the-country-illegally-20150813-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plans to introduce a bill \u003c/a>to require that local law enforcement notify federal immigrations officials before releasing a convicted felon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less sensational, but also part of a national narrative, is \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_142_cfa_20150715_173328_asm_floor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 142\u003c/a> by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) to ban drone aircraft within a 350-foot zone of privacy over private property. Jackson and other legislators also are calling for \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/20/firefighters-could-destroy-drones-under-proposed-california-law/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new laws regarding drones interfering with firefighting efforts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greenhouse gas bills (\u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_32_cfa_20150710_120306_asm_comm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 32\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1251-1300/ab_1288_cfa_20150713_150625_sen_comm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 1288\u003c/a>) push beyond the state’s 2006 landmark law, which seeks to shrink emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. AB 1288, by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), would extend the state’s use of cap-and-trade as a tool to limit greenhouse gas emissions. SB 32, by state Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), would ratchet down emission levels by mid-century to 80 percent below 1990 levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643312\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10643312\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS15578_BUDGET_34-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"State Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León is the author of SB 350.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS15578_BUDGET_34-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS15578_BUDGET_34-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS15578_BUDGET_34-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS15578_BUDGET_34-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS15578_BUDGET_34-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS15578_BUDGET_34-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León is the author of SB 350. \u003ccite>(Max Whittaker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hard to believe, but those bills may spark debate that seems tepid compared to \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_350&sess=CUR&house=B&author=de_le%F3n_%3Cde_leon%3E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB 350\u003c/a> by Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles). This bill is an attempt to pull off the equivalent of a climate change hat trick: More renewable energy, more energy efficient buildings, and a 50 percent reduction in the use of petroleum by cars and trucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That last element — a big downsizing of gasoline use — is the one the oil industry has vowed to kill, with \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiadriversalliance.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an aggressive PR campaign over the last few weeks\u003c/a> and a list of business-leaning Democrats in the Assembly who they hope will lead the charge to weaken the Senate leader’s bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, a bill authored by a legislative leader can be hard to stop. And de León holds some powerful cards in his hand — namely, the bills of assemblymembers that have made it to the Senate, bills he could amend or kill to get his way with SB 350.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the biggest of the final legislative battles. And keep your eye on Gov. Jerry Brown, who may play a key role behind the scenes on an issue which he seems to increasingly view as a big part of his legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Money Talks: Health Care and Tobacco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers will be working both on regular-session issues and, concurrently, on two special legislative sessions — dealing with health care and transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/docs/6.16.15_Health_Care_Special_Session.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">While Brown’s call for a special health care session\u003c/a> is mostly aimed at finding a way to fund Medi-Cal, it seems a new round of tobacco wars will be taking front and center in the debate as well.\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10643161\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign-400x286.jpg\" alt=\"RS3292_NoSmokingSign\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign-400x286.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign-800x572.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign-960x686.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS3292_NoSmokingSign.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Democratic lawmakers have already introduced legislation as part of the special session that would define e-cigarettes as tobacco products and bring them under the state’s existing anti-smoking laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Senate Bill xx5 by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Assembly Bill xx6 by Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove) are essentially do-overs of Leno’s SB 140, which was \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Assembly-amendments-kill-bill-to-regulate-6374014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unceremoniously gutted in July by Assemblyman Adam Gray \u003c/a>(D-Merced), chair of the lower house’s powerful governmental organization committee. So it seems that legislation, combined with other bills, could set up an interesting battle in the Assembly, whose more moderate members have recently been loath to expand anti-tobacco laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(By the way, the “x” in the bill numbers refers to the fact that these were introduced in the \u003cem>special session\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on the tobacco docket: \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/abx2_10_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill xx10\u003c/a> by Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), which would allow counties to impose their own tobacco taxes; \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx2_7_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill xx7\u003c/a> by Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-San Gabriel Valley) and \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/abx2_8_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill xx8\u003c/a> by Assemblyman Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg), which would both raise the smoking age to 21; \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx2_6_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill xx6\u003c/a> by Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel), which would close some loopholes in the state’s workplace smoking laws; and \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx2_8_bill_20150716_introduced.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill xx8\u003c/a> by Sen. Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge), which would expand tobacco-free programs to charter schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The health care session, of course, is actually aimed at finding a way to backfill \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/06/22/california-must-change-tax-or-face-losing-billions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.1 billion in funding for Medi-Cal that will dry up next June\u003c/a>, when the federal government starts enforcing new rules around how the low-income health insurance is funded. Democrats and Republicans also want to increase reimbursement rates for doctors who serve Medi-Cal patients and to increase funding for developmental disability services; Democratic lawmakers are pushing, too for more funding for the state’s In-Home Supportive Services program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) has proposed a flat tax on all managed care organizations in the state of $7.88 per patient, per month. He said the tax would raise the $1.1 billion for Medi-Cal, as well as money for the other programs. Republicans say that tax is unnecessary, and they would like to see the state instead dedicate any new general fund revenues above and beyond 2015 budget levels to developmental disability services and Medi-Cal rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transportation’s Tax Troubles\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other big special session debate over the final month will be over new dollars for California’s aging roads, highways and bridges. Getting consensus on the seriousness of the issue was the easy part; finding a way to pay for it — given that most revenue remedies will require a supermajority, bipartisan vote of each house — is the hard part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How much money? An \u003ca href=\"https://cafwd.app.box.com/s/cmibxng0bc6m345umly51adylv3zpu2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all-star coalition of local governments, business, and transportation groups\u003c/a> says it needs to be at least $6 billion. Annually. That’s a heavy lift in the political world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key debates will include how much to earmark for things like roads and bridges, and how much some urban legislators may demand for public transit; how many different fees or taxes can or should be raised, from gas taxes to vehicle registration fees; how much of the ever-growing pot of cash from cap-and-trade’s auction of emission allowances should be tapped; and the idea of moving away from per gallon taxes and towards “\u003ca href=\"http://www.dot.ca.gov/road_charge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">road charging\u003c/a>,” where drivers pay based on how many miles they drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Crime … and Accountability\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two controversial criminal justice bills will also be up for debate this month, both of them \u003ca href=\"/Users/mlagos/Downloads/201520160AB953_Senate%20Public%20Safety-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed\u003c/a> by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill 953\u003c/a>, by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), is billed by supporters, including the ACLU, as the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/AB953_fact_sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015.”\u003c/a> It would mandate a system for law enforcement to collect information on each stop they make, data that would have to be reported to the attorney general each year. AB 953 would also expand the state’s definition of profiling beyond race to include things such as gender, national origin, religion and sexual orientation. It’s supported by a long list of civil rights groups and opposed by most of the state’s large police organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643241\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10643241\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Police protests around the nation, including this one in San Francisco, helped spur AB953.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/RS11767_IMG_1723-copy.jpg-alt_318-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police protests around the nation, including this one in San Francisco, helped spur AB953. \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leno is again attempting to curb warrantless searches of phones, computers and other electronic devices with \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 178\u003c/a>. It’s his fourth run at the issue, which has repeatedly been embraced by lawmakers but vetoed by Brown in the face of law enforcement opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would require law enforcement to secure a court order before they compel service providers to give them personal communications, or before they search an electronic device. It has some exceptions for emergency situations. It’s supported by tech companies, consumer organizations and civil liberties groups, but opposed by prosecutors, police and sheriffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elections and Disclosure Laws\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handful of notable bills in the final month may make important changes in the conducting of elections and campaigns, starting as soon as next year’s contest. The most talked about of these is \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1461_bill_20150623_amended_sen_v94.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 1461\u003c/a> by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), requiring DMV and state elections officials to automatically register to vote those who are eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other bills that will be worth watching include a state-funded recount for razor-thin statewide candidate or ballot measure elections, and new donor disclosure rules on campaign mailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of disclosure: Keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1200_cfa_20150706_131902_sen_comm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 1200\u003c/a>, the effort by Assemblyman Rich Gordon (D-Menlo Park) to apply lobbying reports for those who seek government contracts — an area, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/08/13/240-million-education-contract-illustrates-state-lobbying-loopholes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as we reported last week, that’s virtually opaque when it comes to seeing who’s influencing what\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Affordability Issues\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats are also attempting to change a handful of state laws that they argue will make life easier for working families and individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10643242\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10643242\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Efforts to raise the minimum wage are also happening at the local level. \" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-400x299.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-1440x1076.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/1093_transform-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Efforts to raise the minimum wage are also happening at the local level. \u003ccite>(Peter Jon Shuler/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill 908\u003c/a>, by Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) would \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/06/26/bill-to-expand-paid-family-leave-gains-traction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expand paid family leave in California\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 406\u003c/a>, by Sen. Hannah Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) would also \u003ca href=\"http://sd19.senate.ca.gov/news/2015-04-07-jackson-bill-would-provide-job-protection-paid-family-leave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expand job protections for Californians\u003c/a> that take paid family leave; Jackson’s Senate Bill 358 would\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/Time-to-require-equal-pay-for-similar-work-6405957.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> strengthen California’s gender pay protections\u003c/a>; and Leno’s \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 3\u003c/a> would raise the state’s minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2017, with automatic future increases based on the rate of inflation — the same kind of inflation “indexing” that’s been opposed in previous incarnations by Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ripped From The Headlines?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, there will be legislative debates that, even more than some of the bills mentioned above, are largely driven by the state or national news cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans \u003ca href=\"https://ad67.assemblygop.com/featured-news/melendez-calls-full-state-audit-planned-parenthood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are vowing to fight for more information on Planned Parenthood’s use of state tax dollars\u003c/a>, after the summertime controversy over a hidden video and accusations of selling fetal tissue for medical research. While \u003ca href=\"http://www.wsj.com/articles/hhs-warns-states-of-possible-violation-in-ending-medicaid-funds-for-planned-parenthood-1439392786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOP-dominant legislatures in other states are provoking a fight with the feds on the issue\u003c/a>, a debate in the heavily Democratic statehouse in Sacramento would be mostly symbolic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The summer’s tragic headline of a San Francisco murder, allegedly carried out by an undocumented felon who was released from custody just days earlier, may also make its way to the Legislature. Republican state Sen. 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