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"content": "\u003cp>Hazy skies, a rank, perhaps acidic smell in the air, and a lingering taste of metal. Later — headaches, sore throats and nausea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the Monterey and Santa Cruz areas have reported such health issues in the wake of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022725/massive-fire-monterey-county-battery-plant-spews-toxic-smoke-forces-evacuations\">last week’s massive fire at a Monterey County energy storage facility\u003c/a>, fearing they are related. Authorities have said they didn’t detect toxins in the smoke, but some experts worry the test results aren’t giving the full picture — and now state and local officials will be conducting further testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eva Faste said she was outside her home in the Santa Cruz Mountains with her dogs when she first started getting a headache and a sore throat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She didn’t think much of it until that night when her phone buzzed with an alert about a battery storage facility that had caught fire roughly 25 miles away in Moss Landing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I woke up the following morning, my nose was bleeding, and since then, I’ve been feeling worse every day,” Faste said. Her sore throat, along with stomach problems and low energy, have persisted into this week, even though the fire has since died out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jan. 16 fire started at what is reportedly the largest lithium battery storage facility in the world, with over 100,000 batteries used to store solar power and other forms of electricity to help supply the grid. The flames raged for hours, igniting the batteries stored within the facility and sending a dark plume of smoke high into the air until 80% of the building and its contents were consumed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lithium battery fires are notoriously difficult to extinguish and, as is often the case, emergency responders decided to let the fire burn itself out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, a Facebook group about possible fire-related symptoms has ballooned to more than 2,000 members. People have mentioned, along with Faste’s symptoms, a metallic taste in their mouth and a persistent smell in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One person who spoke at Tuesday’s Monterey County Board of Supervisors meeting compared the sensation to what they experienced while receiving chemotherapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in Prunedale. I have never had a metallic taste in my mouth before,” Heather Griffin said. “Yes, there are people who burn fires in their fireplaces; we do, too. But I’ve never had a metallic taste.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day after the fire began, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began monitoring the air for small particulate matter and hydrogen fluoride, a highly toxic gas emitted by lithium-ion battery fires. Officials set up nine nearby monitoring stations and did not detect harmful levels of either pollutant, the agency said, adding that the sensors for hydrogen fluoride can also detect other compounds.[aside postID=news_12023814 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25016124878838-scaled-e1737665727227.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To be conservative and most protective of public health, our operations assumed anything we were detecting was hydrogen fluoride, which is the most harmful of these mineral acid gases,” the EPA said in a statement. “And, as noted before, no hydrogen fluoride exceeding health standards was detected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A contractor hired by Vistra simultaneously tested for most of the same compounds and received similar results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, experts said sensors are unlikely to pick up hydrogen fluoride once the main smoke plume has died down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These chemistries dictate to us that those compounds are not going to last for a very long time in the air,” said Michael Polkabla, the principal industrial hygienist with BioMax Environmental, a consulting firm specializing in hazardous materials and industrial hygiene. “So it’s really irrelevant to measure hydrogen fluoride hours after the plume passes because it’s going to be gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although the full list of specific elements within Vistra’s batteries is not publicly known, Polkabla has a few other pollutants he’s concerned about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The metals — lithium, nickel, magnesium, cobalt are kind of the big four that would be produced and could have settled. These all have individual toxicities associated with them,” Polkabla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022726\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022726\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fire burns at Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Iman-Floyd Carroll)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San José State University, agreed, adding that a more comprehensive test would have required sending a drone into the smoke plume to test hydrogen fluoride there. He, like Polkabla, also worries about the other pollutants that the fire could have let off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You may think of a fire as a big chemical reactor doing an uncontrolled chemical reaction,” Mulvaney said. “So it’s actually the fire itself is sometimes manufacturing pollutants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that the smoke plume could have carried some heat-resistant materials like metals or PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, because they take a very long time to break down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the public that’s experiencing these symptoms is going to want to know what they were actually exposed to,” Mulvaney said. “And I don’t think that those EPA sensors are telling the full story of what was in that plume.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA clarified that it did initially test for other compounds, including carbon monoxide and ammonia, then transitioned to focusing on particulate matter and hydrogen fluoride because they “are the two contaminants of concern from a battery fire that would pose a potential immediate health risk through inhalation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 20, four days after the fire started, the EPA ended its monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the fire now over, Mulvaney and Polkabla both said that the best way to learn about the pollutants that were dispersed is to test soil and water samples both at the facility and in neighboring regions — including environmentally significant areas like Monterey Bay and the Elkhorn Slough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those particles are not necessarily going away unless they’re removed,” Polkabla said. “If they’re a hazard, we need to identify what it is and have a protocol for how to remove that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a Wednesday press briefing, Vistra’s Senior Director of Community Affairs, Brad Watson, said the company might test the soil “if there are indications around the site that there might be some compounds or constituents that we think need to be tested.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monterey County officials used similarly indefinite language during the meeting, but by Thursday afternoon, Supervisor Glenn Church announced that local and state officials plan to do both water and soil testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there’s been a lot of concerns from folks and in this area of what is really out there. So we’re looking into that,” Church said.[aside postID=news_12022420 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240116-OaklandHillsHouseFire-22.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county Health Department said late Thursday that local and state partners will work together on collecting samples of water, debris and dust at the Vistra facility and in nearby areas, though they have not yet determined a timeline. Additional water and soil testing will follow, county representatives said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health officials added that residents who may have found residue from the fires on their property are urged to use caution when cleaning up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, some continue to worry about what they are potentially being exposed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faste and her husband are considering leaving the area for a while in the hopes that her symptoms will diminish once she’s farther from the site of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re debating what to do, you know? We live here. I have a disability, so it’s really hard for me to go places. I’m in a wheelchair most of the time, so it’s complicated,” Faste said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple will likely book a short-term rental or stay with family for about a week and then reevaluate. Although the move won’t be easy, Faste said she has a compromised immune system and worries she’ll get worse if they stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We kind of moved in the mountains to be in the clean air,” she said. “So it’s kind of sad that we will have to leave because the air is not good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Updated at 11 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023677/california-legislature-moves-toward-approving-aid-for-wildfire-recovery-and-legal-battles\">provide $2.5 billion in relief\u003c/a> to communities damaged by the Los Angeles fires ahead of President Donald Trump’s Friday tour of the Pacific Palisades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This money will be made available immediately,” Newsom said Thursday. “We want to get these dollars out in real-time, so there’s no anxiety and stress associated with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and fellow Democrats in California continue to search for the right balance between collaboration and confrontation with the new president, who has repeatedly threatened to condition federal reimbursement on major changes to the state’s water system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After approving bipartisan fire relief funding, the state Senate passed a more controversial proposal to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023345/california-legislatures-special-session-fire-aid-trump-lawsuits-faces-1st-test\">finance legal battles against the federal government\u003c/a>, potentially including disputes over federal disaster aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here for the long haul, to support the president where we can, to defend our values where we must, to have the backs of diverse communities,” Newsom said. “At the same time, we work together on critical issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former President Joe Biden, in one of his final acts in office, pledged federal support for the next three months. But since the fires broke out earlier this month, Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021435/trumps-misinformation-la-fires-fuels-concerns-over-future-disaster-aid-california\">repeatedly insulted Newsom\u003c/a> and falsely blamed the fires on unrelated state water policy, including in a Wednesday interview with Fox News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Newsom said he had not had any direct contact with Trump in advance of his visit, the governor expressed confidence that federal aid would not be delayed. On Friday morning, his office confirmed that Newsom would meet Trump on the tarmac when he arrives in California. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other elected officials will join Trump for a fire briefing after his Pacific Palisades tour this afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s threats to condition aid have already split Republicans, with some GOP House members from swing districts in California saying they \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-conditional-aid-washington-trump-johnson-12c779b96e04d564802d4d06348aa0fc\">oppose attaching strings\u003c/a> when families are displaced and suffering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bills passed in Sacramento this week were part of a special session that Newsom initially called in the wake of the election to fund potential legal challenges against the Trump administration. In a special session, debate is limited to topics picked by the governor — and any bills signed can take effect more quickly. Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021941/newsom-expands-special-session-speed-up-los-angeles-wildfire-relief-funds\">expanded the session\u003c/a> last week to include proposals related to fire response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The relief bills Newsom signed passed both the Assembly and Senate without opposition. The money can be spent in a variety of ways, including on hazardous waste removal, shelter for evacuees and preparation for compounding disasters such as mudslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we’ve made progress, there’s still a significant journey ahead as we transition from containment to recovery,” said state Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, who represents Altadena, which was heavily damaged by the Eaton Fire. “As we begin that process, I’m also appreciative that this bill is supporting the cleanup efforts regarding air quality, water and other environmental testing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021950\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GavinNewsomSpecialSessionGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1415\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GavinNewsomSpecialSessionGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GavinNewsomSpecialSessionGetty-800x566.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GavinNewsomSpecialSessionGetty-1020x722.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GavinNewsomSpecialSessionGetty-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GavinNewsomSpecialSessionGetty-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GavinNewsomSpecialSessionGetty-1920x1358.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass joins Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and State Sen. Alex Padilla while surveying damage during the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, California. \u003ccite>(Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Trump — as well as House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans in Congress — have repeatedly said that they want to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022111/republican-leaders-push-conditions-disaster-relief-california-wildfire-victims\">condition federal help\u003c/a> on changes to California policies. \u003cem>Politico\u003c/em> reported that there have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/13/house-republicans-trump-wildfire-aid-00197766\">internal GOP discussions\u003c/a> about linking fire aid to an increase in the national debt limit in order to garner Democratic support for a bill that will not pass with just Republicans. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Thursday that Democrats would \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/23/congress/dems-fire-aid-debt-limit-00200221\">not support that plan\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the debt limit, it’s not exactly clear what sort of conditions Republicans are considering. Trump has repeatedly made false claims that firefighters were unable to battle the Los Angeles blazes because Newsom declined to send more water south from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Los Angeles is not currently facing a water shortage.[aside postID=news_12021435 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192441530.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not what California Republican lawmakers have been pushing: Policy reforms introduced by state GOP legislators are more focused on increasing controlled burns and other wildfire prevention by suspending environmental laws. And some Republican Congress members who represent swing districts have flatly rejected any conditions on aid, including Orange County Republican Rep. Young Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When natural disaster hits your communities, it is not partisan, it is not a blue or red issue — we are talking about life and death,” Kim said in an \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepYoungKim/status/1881887004566114314\">interview\u003c/a> on \u003cem>Fox 11 Los Angeles\u003c/em>. “We are talking about communities that are hurting, so there shouldn’t be any conditions other than making sure we bring the resources and aid as soon as possible to our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Democrats agree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. George Whitesides, who just flipped a Los Angeles swing district, called the idea of conditioning aid “absolutely unacceptable and really quite offensive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To say to these people, because of politics, we need to slow down or reduce the aid of the type that we have given to North Carolina and Louisiana and Florida?” he said. “We need to get these people help in a huge amount as fast as we can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Democrats are standing united on that issue, debate on Thursday over the Trump-related legal aid was more contentious in the state Capitol. The plan consisted of two bills: one to set aside $25 million for the state Department of Justice, which filed its first suit this week against Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship, and another to earmark $25 million for nonprofits to represent Californians facing detention or deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the people that take care of our kids, that work in the fields, that do the landscaping, that work in a number of different industries, whether it’s construction or hospitality,” said state Sen. Anna Caballero (D–Merced). “How are we going to get things done?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans were joined in their opposition to the first proposal by Sen. 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For example, state prison officials have turned thousands of immigrants over to federal immigration authorities in recent years after they completed a state prison sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, sanctuary opponents argue that if state and local police aren’t allowed to work more closely with immigration agents, raids will be pushed into the broader community and result in more people who do not have criminal records being deported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has made clear he opposes sanctuary policies and wants to punish cities and states that have them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to get rid of them, and we’re trying to end them,” he said on Fox News this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he’d cut off federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions entirely, the president responded, “I might have to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>On his first day back in office, President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">Donald Trump\u003c/a> ordered the federal government to temporarily halt approvals of new wind farms and reexamine existing leases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not going to do the wind thing,” Trump said to a cheering crowd at the Capital One Arena in Washington on Monday. “Big ugly windmills, they ruin your neighborhood,” he said, spinning his hand in a circle and whistling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sweeping freeze could chill an industry \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11922377/new-climate-bill-could-mean-big-investments-in-green-energy\">flush with investment cash\u003c/a> from the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, halt new leasing on federal lands and waters and block permits for wind farms across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order doesn’t pause work on wind farms with existing leases, but it does direct officials to find ways of “terminating or amending” these projects, of which there are currently five in the waters miles off the coast of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developers plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010502/whats-next-for-californias-offshore-wind-industry\">construct massive clusters of turbines\u003c/a> attached to floating platforms — two near Humboldt Bay and three farther south, off Morro Bay. There are also plans to transform 80 acres of waterfront land in Humboldt meant to be a hub for offshore wind operators and their ships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The floating platforms would be located about 20 miles off of the California coast. \u003ccite>(KQED/Climate Central)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Were the Trump administration to try to claw back leases for California’s offshore wind farms, the state would no doubt sue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump tried to rip up numerous environmental plans and policies during his first term, and California initiated many multi-state challenges to these efforts — and often won.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, public and private money has poured into the ambitious plan for floating wind power off the state. California’s first-ever wind auction went for $757 million. Last year, the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District\u003ca href=\"https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-delivers-over-426-million-federal-investment-for-humboldt-bay-offshore-wind-farms\"> received $426.7 million\u003c/a> in money approved by Congress and intended to build and maintain offshore wind infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Jared Huffman (D–San Rafael), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, co-signed \u003ca href=\"https://seec.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/seec.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Letter%20Opposing%20Trump%20Day-One%20Environment%20Rollbacks_FINAL.pdf\">a letter\u003c/a> addressed to President Trump on Tuesday blasting the wind order and others that the House Democrats said put “polluters over people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991765\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991765\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240624-JARED-HUFFMAN-ON-OB-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240624-JARED-HUFFMAN-ON-OB-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240624-JARED-HUFFMAN-ON-OB-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240624-JARED-HUFFMAN-ON-OB-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240624-JARED-HUFFMAN-ON-OB-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240624-JARED-HUFFMAN-ON-OB-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240624-JARED-HUFFMAN-ON-OB-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Bay Congressman Jared Huffman at KQED in San Francisco on June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 50 gigawatts of offshore wind energy are currently in development in U.S. waters, the letter said. “Halting these projects will eliminate thousands of good paying jobs and cut off an important source of energy when the grid is already straining to meet new demand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s clean energy targets are among the most ambitious in the world. In order to hit them, it must build renewable generating capacity faster than ever before — and the robust offshore wind projects are central to those efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wants to see 5 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity installed by 2030, which would be roughly equivalent to the output of eight or 10 natural gas power plants. The goal quadruples by 2045.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1981061 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/RS61699_GettyImages-976086950-qut-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best wind potential in the country, if not the world, is off \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1981061/california-jobs-boom-anticipated-following-offshore-wind-auction\">the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast\u003c/a>. Without offshore wind, it would technically be possible for the U.S. to reach “net zero” by 2050, but it would be more expensive than tapping into what is right off the coast of California, according to researchers with Princeton’s \u003ca href=\"https://netzeroamerica.princeton.edu/?explorer=pathway&state=national&table=e-positive&limit=200\">Net-Zero America project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists bemoaned Trump’s order. Offshore wind is a reliable source of energy that could lower the cost of power for families and reduce toxic air and water pollution caused by dirty fossil fuels, they said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order doesn’t pause work on wind farms with existing leases, but it does direct officials to find ways of “terminating or amending” these projects, of which there are currently five in the waters miles off the coast of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developers plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010502/whats-next-for-californias-offshore-wind-industry\">construct massive clusters of turbines\u003c/a> attached to floating platforms — two near Humboldt Bay and three farther south, off Morro Bay. There are also plans to transform 80 acres of waterfront land in Humboldt meant to be a hub for offshore wind operators and their ships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The floating platforms would be located about 20 miles off of the California coast. \u003ccite>(KQED/Climate Central)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Were the Trump administration to try to claw back leases for California’s offshore wind farms, the state would no doubt sue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump tried to rip up numerous environmental plans and policies during his first term, and California initiated many multi-state challenges to these efforts — and often won.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, public and private money has poured into the ambitious plan for floating wind power off the state. California’s first-ever wind auction went for $757 million. Last year, the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District\u003ca href=\"https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-delivers-over-426-million-federal-investment-for-humboldt-bay-offshore-wind-farms\"> received $426.7 million\u003c/a> in money approved by Congress and intended to build and maintain offshore wind infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best wind potential in the country, if not the world, is off \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1981061/california-jobs-boom-anticipated-following-offshore-wind-auction\">the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast\u003c/a>. Without offshore wind, it would technically be possible for the U.S. to reach “net zero” by 2050, but it would be more expensive than tapping into what is right off the coast of California, according to researchers with Princeton’s \u003ca href=\"https://netzeroamerica.princeton.edu/?explorer=pathway&state=national&table=e-positive&limit=200\">Net-Zero America project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists bemoaned Trump’s order. Offshore wind is a reliable source of energy that could lower the cost of power for families and reduce toxic air and water pollution caused by dirty fossil fuels, they said. It is “essential to California’s transition to responsible, clean energy,” said Julia Rose Manriquez Dowell, a Sierra Club senior campaign organizer, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of prolonging our energy dependence on harmful methane gas plants — as Trump is doing now — we need to be building out ports and turbines, creating a clean energy economy along our coast that boosts jobs and the health of our communities,” Dowell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Offshore wind industry groups took a different tack, arguing that floating wind turbines are a vast domestic resource that could be central to the Trump administration’s plans for what it has called “energy dominance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A national energy emergency requires us to unleash all necessary sources of American energy — including offshore wind,” said Hillary Bright, executive director of Turn Forward, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California Democrats, humbled by losses in the November election, returned to the capitol this year resolving to narrow their focus on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">bringing down the cost of living\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/wildfire\">Southern California wildfires\u003c/a> have made tragically apparent, those goals are running headlong into the impacts of extreme weather brought on by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of homes and businesses have burned, further sapping the housing supply and leaving victims with costly rebuilds. The state’s shaky \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021019/la-fires-threaten-california-insurance-market-stability-housing-costs\">home insurance market\u003c/a> now must absorb record losses, likely resulting in higher premiums for all policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, residential energy costs, already the second-highest in the nation, seem destined to rise further as utilities pass along the expense of reducing their own fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more disasters that happen, the more insurance costs rise. And the more that existing housing is destroyed, we have to build even more in order to respond to the need,” said Moira Birss, an Oakland-based senior fellow with the Climate and Community Institute. “So climate change is definitely making things a lot harder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023445\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state appears to have reached an inflection point. Californians, already grappling with expensive housing and years of inflation, are being hit simultaneously with the costs of slowing global warming and the price of living on an overheated planet. This conundrum is forcing state leaders to consider whether more of the state’s climate spending should be used to ease the hit on Californians’ wallets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has led global efforts to combat climate change, which scientists say is driving unprecedented fires, storms and heat waves. Tough restrictions on pollution and unmatched investments in clean energy and electric vehicles allowed California to meet early benchmarks for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1927229/california-meets-key-climate-change-goal-early\">reducing greenhouse gas emissions\u003c/a>. While researchers warn that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1979603/california-overhauls-its-sea-level-rise-plan-as-climate-change-reshapes-coastal-life\">consequences of inaction\u003c/a> will saddle residents with exorbitant costs in the future, many of California’s climate initiatives come with added costs at the gas pump or on their electricity bills, at a time when prices have risen across the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the lead-up to the election, prices and jobs \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-october-2024/\">topped the list of concerns for Californians\u003c/a>. While Democrats maintained supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature, Republicans flipped two seats in the state Assembly and one in the state Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">first day of the new legislative session in December\u003c/a>, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), urged his caucus to “consider every bill through the lens of Californians who are anxious about affordability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979470\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979470\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas on the State Capitol grounds in Sacramento on March 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Specifically, we must focus on building more housing and lowering energy costs,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to private-sector estimates, the Los Angeles fires will be the costliest in American history, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022375/many-in-pacific-palisades-were-not-wealthy-after-fire-can-they-rebuild\">leaving thousands of homeowners to navigate a lengthy rebuild\u003c/a> in neighborhoods where demand for contractors and construction materials will be overwhelming. Others without insurance could be forced to sell and simply walk away from their previous lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and state leaders have mobilized resources to assist with the recovery. Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021941/newsom-expands-special-session-speed-up-los-angeles-wildfire-relief-funds\">Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders proposed $2.5 billion\u003c/a> in addition to federal funding, along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022146/california-fast-tracks-wildfire-recovery-eases-key-building-regulations-temporarily\">streamlined rules for rebuilding homes\u003c/a>. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has blocked insurance companies from not renewing policies in the fire zone for one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the hit to the insurance market will spread far beyond the fire lines. The rising threat of wildfire, along with the escalating costs of construction, have already led insurance companies such as State Farm, Allstate and Nationwide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985175/insurance-in-california-is-changing-heres-how-it-may-affect-you\">reduce or eliminate coverage in the state\u003c/a>. To draw those companies back into California’s teetering market, Lara agreed to allow the insurers to raise premiums on homeowners more easily — a move they are likely to make to cover the losses incurred in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10914233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10914233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1222\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-400x255.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-800x509.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-1180x751.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-960x611.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. \u003ccite>( Courtesy of California Department of Insurance)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Rates were already going to go up as a result of the regulatory changes,” Dave Jones, California’s former insurance commissioner, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908485/l-a-fires-place-enormous-pressure-on-insurance-industry\">told KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “They’re going to go up even higher as a result of the experience of these wildfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones added the state may need to step in and provide subsidies for premiums — basically Obamacare for home insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given what’s happening vis-à-vis climate change and our failure to transition [away from] fossil fuels, it’s only going to get worse,” Jones said. “And I don’t think we’re going to rate-increase or modify regulations out of this problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home energy market has become ground zero for some of the toughest choices pitting economic equity against emission reductions. The state has placed ambitious mandates on utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985611/is-california-still-on-track-to-meet-its-goal-of-100-clean-power-by-2045\">generate more of their power from renewable sources\u003c/a>, which has raised the cost of electricity. Additionally, the utilities are scrambling to prevent their aging power lines from continuing to spark wildfires — and they’ve added the costs of infrastructure upgrades to energy bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When state regulators decided to spread electricity costs more equitably among ratepayers — by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11935425/california-votes-to-lower-incentives-for-rooftop-solar-panels-to-evenly-spread-overall-energy-costs\">reducing payments to rooftop solar users\u003c/a> in 2022 and approving an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905607/california-puc-considers-new-fixed-charge-for-electricity\">income-based fixed charge on monthly power bills\u003c/a> last year — they were met with outrage from some environmentalists who argued the changes would remove the incentive for users to conserve energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern California Edison workers service a utility pole in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire on Jan. 12, 2025, in Altadena, California. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4950\">report released last month\u003c/a>, the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office warned that more tradeoffs are ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Legislature likely will confront difficult decisions about how to approach electricity rates in order to best support its varied goals, including balancing the desires to both mitigate and adapt to climate change as well as preserve affordability,” the report read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, the impacts of a warming planet and efforts to slow that warming will add more costs for Californians in the short-term, at a time when residents already feel burdened by the price of housing and groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conventional wisdom over the years, when the economies were strong and the state budget was strong, was to pass [climate-related] costs on to the consumer,” said former state Sen. Bill Dodd, a Democrat who represented Napa and Sonoma during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/tag/north-bay-fires\">2017 North Bay fires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd said the election revealed a political version of “price elasticity” — that is, how sensitive voters are to price increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023451 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Sen. Bill Dodd in Sacramento on May 15, 2017. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So if [reducing emissions] is going to be a major policy in the state — and it should be — well, the state is going to have to prioritize in its budget ways of getting these things done without tacking it on the bills,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Democrats remain confident that programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions do not need to be sacrificed at the altar of affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re able to walk and chew gum at the same time,” state Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) said. “We can focus on the climate crisis, which is a multiyear, and really, a multidecade effort, and also focus on the affordability crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023248 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-1495481816_qed-1020x652.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature’s best opportunity to navigate those twin crises may come this year when members of the Assembly and Senate could begin negotiations with Newsom to renew \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11573588/california-lawmakers-approve-plan-to-extend-cap-and-trade-system\">California’s landmark climate program\u003c/a>, known as cap-and-trade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program sets a limit on the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gasses that can be emitted each year and then holds auctions where refineries, power plants and factories bid for the ability to pollute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blakespear, who chairs the Senate’s Environmental Quality Committee, pointed to the importance of existing programs like the California Climate Credit, which uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11810853/you-could-receive-a-63-credit-on-your-april-utility-bill\">revenue from the cap-and-trade auctions\u003c/a> to pay down the costs of Californians’ energy bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not well recognized what it is and people don’t recognize it as a rebate that’s coming back to them,” Blakespear said. “So it’s really important that when the state does these things, that we communicate with people what’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But far more cap-and-trade dollars are invested into efforts to further reduce carbon emissions, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-high-speed-rail\">constructing a high-speed rail system\u003c/a>, improving buses and trains and building more housing near transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11922992 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Legislature wraps up its two-year legislative session on Aug. 31, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some Democrats in the Legislature are eyeing more of that money for immediate financial relief for Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://climatechangepolicies.legislature.ca.gov/sites/climatechangepolicies.legislature.ca.gov/files/FINAL_JLCCCP%20How%20Can%20California%20Climate%20Policies%20Ensure%20Affordability%20While%20Achieving%20Jobs%20and%20Justice.pdf\">report\u003c/a> last year from members of the Democrat-led Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies urged colleagues to consider using more cap-and-trade revenue to help residents pay their energy bills. Raising the price of carbon and putting the new money into programs like the California Climate Credit, they argued, could chop $350 a year from the average household’s energy bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Delivering climate solutions at scale that actually reduce household energy-related expenses has never been more critical,” the authors wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At stake is whether California leaders can maintain global leadership in reducing carbon emissions while easing the energy transitions for residents — and whether Newsom and the Legislature will be forced to prioritize spending more of the state’s limited dollars ensuring Californians are not crushed by the costs of a warming planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, residential energy costs, already the second-highest in the nation, seem destined to rise further as utilities pass along the expense of reducing their own fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more disasters that happen, the more insurance costs rise. And the more that existing housing is destroyed, we have to build even more in order to respond to the need,” said Moira Birss, an Oakland-based senior fellow with the Climate and Community Institute. “So climate change is definitely making things a lot harder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023445\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state appears to have reached an inflection point. Californians, already grappling with expensive housing and years of inflation, are being hit simultaneously with the costs of slowing global warming and the price of living on an overheated planet. This conundrum is forcing state leaders to consider whether more of the state’s climate spending should be used to ease the hit on Californians’ wallets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has led global efforts to combat climate change, which scientists say is driving unprecedented fires, storms and heat waves. Tough restrictions on pollution and unmatched investments in clean energy and electric vehicles allowed California to meet early benchmarks for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1927229/california-meets-key-climate-change-goal-early\">reducing greenhouse gas emissions\u003c/a>. While researchers warn that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1979603/california-overhauls-its-sea-level-rise-plan-as-climate-change-reshapes-coastal-life\">consequences of inaction\u003c/a> will saddle residents with exorbitant costs in the future, many of California’s climate initiatives come with added costs at the gas pump or on their electricity bills, at a time when prices have risen across the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the lead-up to the election, prices and jobs \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-october-2024/\">topped the list of concerns for Californians\u003c/a>. While Democrats maintained supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature, Republicans flipped two seats in the state Assembly and one in the state Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">first day of the new legislative session in December\u003c/a>, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), urged his caucus to “consider every bill through the lens of Californians who are anxious about affordability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979470\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979470\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas on the State Capitol grounds in Sacramento on March 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Specifically, we must focus on building more housing and lowering energy costs,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to private-sector estimates, the Los Angeles fires will be the costliest in American history, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022375/many-in-pacific-palisades-were-not-wealthy-after-fire-can-they-rebuild\">leaving thousands of homeowners to navigate a lengthy rebuild\u003c/a> in neighborhoods where demand for contractors and construction materials will be overwhelming. Others without insurance could be forced to sell and simply walk away from their previous lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and state leaders have mobilized resources to assist with the recovery. Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021941/newsom-expands-special-session-speed-up-los-angeles-wildfire-relief-funds\">Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders proposed $2.5 billion\u003c/a> in addition to federal funding, along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022146/california-fast-tracks-wildfire-recovery-eases-key-building-regulations-temporarily\">streamlined rules for rebuilding homes\u003c/a>. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has blocked insurance companies from not renewing policies in the fire zone for one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the hit to the insurance market will spread far beyond the fire lines. The rising threat of wildfire, along with the escalating costs of construction, have already led insurance companies such as State Farm, Allstate and Nationwide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985175/insurance-in-california-is-changing-heres-how-it-may-affect-you\">reduce or eliminate coverage in the state\u003c/a>. To draw those companies back into California’s teetering market, Lara agreed to allow the insurers to raise premiums on homeowners more easily — a move they are likely to make to cover the losses incurred in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10914233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10914233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1222\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-400x255.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-800x509.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-1180x751.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-960x611.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. \u003ccite>( Courtesy of California Department of Insurance)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Rates were already going to go up as a result of the regulatory changes,” Dave Jones, California’s former insurance commissioner, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908485/l-a-fires-place-enormous-pressure-on-insurance-industry\">told KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “They’re going to go up even higher as a result of the experience of these wildfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones added the state may need to step in and provide subsidies for premiums — basically Obamacare for home insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given what’s happening vis-à-vis climate change and our failure to transition [away from] fossil fuels, it’s only going to get worse,” Jones said. “And I don’t think we’re going to rate-increase or modify regulations out of this problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home energy market has become ground zero for some of the toughest choices pitting economic equity against emission reductions. The state has placed ambitious mandates on utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985611/is-california-still-on-track-to-meet-its-goal-of-100-clean-power-by-2045\">generate more of their power from renewable sources\u003c/a>, which has raised the cost of electricity. Additionally, the utilities are scrambling to prevent their aging power lines from continuing to spark wildfires — and they’ve added the costs of infrastructure upgrades to energy bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When state regulators decided to spread electricity costs more equitably among ratepayers — by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11935425/california-votes-to-lower-incentives-for-rooftop-solar-panels-to-evenly-spread-overall-energy-costs\">reducing payments to rooftop solar users\u003c/a> in 2022 and approving an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905607/california-puc-considers-new-fixed-charge-for-electricity\">income-based fixed charge on monthly power bills\u003c/a> last year — they were met with outrage from some environmentalists who argued the changes would remove the incentive for users to conserve energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern California Edison workers service a utility pole in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire on Jan. 12, 2025, in Altadena, California. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4950\">report released last month\u003c/a>, the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office warned that more tradeoffs are ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Legislature likely will confront difficult decisions about how to approach electricity rates in order to best support its varied goals, including balancing the desires to both mitigate and adapt to climate change as well as preserve affordability,” the report read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, the impacts of a warming planet and efforts to slow that warming will add more costs for Californians in the short-term, at a time when residents already feel burdened by the price of housing and groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conventional wisdom over the years, when the economies were strong and the state budget was strong, was to pass [climate-related] costs on to the consumer,” said former state Sen. Bill Dodd, a Democrat who represented Napa and Sonoma during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/tag/north-bay-fires\">2017 North Bay fires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd said the election revealed a political version of “price elasticity” — that is, how sensitive voters are to price increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023451 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Sen. Bill Dodd in Sacramento on May 15, 2017. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So if [reducing emissions] is going to be a major policy in the state — and it should be — well, the state is going to have to prioritize in its budget ways of getting these things done without tacking it on the bills,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Democrats remain confident that programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions do not need to be sacrificed at the altar of affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re able to walk and chew gum at the same time,” state Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) said. “We can focus on the climate crisis, which is a multiyear, and really, a multidecade effort, and also focus on the affordability crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature’s best opportunity to navigate those twin crises may come this year when members of the Assembly and Senate could begin negotiations with Newsom to renew \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11573588/california-lawmakers-approve-plan-to-extend-cap-and-trade-system\">California’s landmark climate program\u003c/a>, known as cap-and-trade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program sets a limit on the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gasses that can be emitted each year and then holds auctions where refineries, power plants and factories bid for the ability to pollute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blakespear, who chairs the Senate’s Environmental Quality Committee, pointed to the importance of existing programs like the California Climate Credit, which uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11810853/you-could-receive-a-63-credit-on-your-april-utility-bill\">revenue from the cap-and-trade auctions\u003c/a> to pay down the costs of Californians’ energy bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not well recognized what it is and people don’t recognize it as a rebate that’s coming back to them,” Blakespear said. “So it’s really important that when the state does these things, that we communicate with people what’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But far more cap-and-trade dollars are invested into efforts to further reduce carbon emissions, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-high-speed-rail\">constructing a high-speed rail system\u003c/a>, improving buses and trains and building more housing near transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11922992 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Legislature wraps up its two-year legislative session on Aug. 31, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some Democrats in the Legislature are eyeing more of that money for immediate financial relief for Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://climatechangepolicies.legislature.ca.gov/sites/climatechangepolicies.legislature.ca.gov/files/FINAL_JLCCCP%20How%20Can%20California%20Climate%20Policies%20Ensure%20Affordability%20While%20Achieving%20Jobs%20and%20Justice.pdf\">report\u003c/a> last year from members of the Democrat-led Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies urged colleagues to consider using more cap-and-trade revenue to help residents pay their energy bills. Raising the price of carbon and putting the new money into programs like the California Climate Credit, they argued, could chop $350 a year from the average household’s energy bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Delivering climate solutions at scale that actually reduce household energy-related expenses has never been more critical,” the authors wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At stake is whether California leaders can maintain global leadership in reducing carbon emissions while easing the energy transitions for residents — and whether Newsom and the Legislature will be forced to prioritize spending more of the state’s limited dollars ensuring Californians are not crushed by the costs of a warming planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Buried in a slew of executive actions President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">Donald Trump\u003c/a> issued on his first day in office was a memo directing his administration to find ways to reroute more water from Northern California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the rest of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a sign that Trump, from the outset of his second term, plans to reignite a battle over California water policy. However, experts called the 254-word action thin and centered in political posturing, and said it highlights misinformation about water use in the Golden State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/putting-people-over-fish-stopping-radical-environmentalism-to-provide-water-to-southern-california/\">his executive action\u003c/a>, titled “Putting People over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California,” Trump describes actions taken by the state during his first term that he said halted his administration from moving more water south “allegedly in protection of the Delta smelt and other species of fish.” He accuses California of “wastefully” allowing water to flow into the Pacific Ocean and points to recent wildfires in Southern California as an example of why the region needs more water from the state’s north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jay Lund, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis, said the action is about Trump needing to “complain about California, and this gives him a reason without much reason.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of these water fights that play out at the federal level are like food fights in a cafeteria,” he said. “Not a lot of good, productive thinking or action comes out of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is California wasting water?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trump asserts that an “enormous” amount of water from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020122/northern-california-snowpack-much-stronger-start-than-last-year\">Northern California snowmelt\u003c/a> and rivers “flows wastefully into the Pacific Ocean,” but Lund said the outflow plays an important role in the tidal ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest reason that we have water flowing to the ocean is to keep the delta fresh enough so that we can export water to the south,” Lund said. “We need to have some water flowing out to keep the salt out. Otherwise, we’d pump salty water to the farms and the cities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023287\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SacramentoDelta-17_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SacramentoDelta-17_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rio Vista Bridge spanning the Sacramento River in California on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The area is part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which is the hub of California’s water supply, supplying fresh water to two-thirds of the state’s population and millions of acres of farmland. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The majority of the outflows occur during the wrong time of year when storms inundate the system, he said, and the state doesn’t have the infrastructure to capture it — nor is it always cost-effective to build such infrastructure. Lund also noted that 80% of human water use in California is for agriculture, with the remaining 20% going to cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karrigan Börk, UC Davis law professor and interim director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, said that even if the Trump administration ends up wanting to get rid of environmental protections altogether, there’d be very little water left over for other uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would only free up maybe 12% more water on average and way less water during really dry years because those dry years require so much [water] to keep the delta fresh,” Börk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Helping Southern California with wildfires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trump’s action also says that “the recent deadly and historically destructive wildfires in Southern California underscore why the State of California needs a reliable water supply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lund said the water shortages firefighters faced in Southern California had nothing to do with a lack of supply moving from north to south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021265\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign from the Lincoln Avenue Water Company reminds all to conserve water in downtown Altadena after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Southern California as a whole had enough water to fight the blazes, but he said there wasn’t enough water in local storage because the fires required “a huge rate” of water use — and with up to 100 mph winds driving flames through areas that hadn’t seen rain since spring, virtually no water system would have been able to keep up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was enough water in storage in Southern California to drown all the acres of fire in more than 20 feet of water,” he said. “The fires were intense over a very large area for several days at a time. 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They just didn’t have the plumbing to distribute it to the people who are fighting fires fast enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Locked up in litigation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The action mentions that during Trump’s first term, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1957355/its-finally-on-california-files-lawsuit-to-block-trump-administration-water-rules\">California sued\u003c/a> to stop his “administration from implementing improvements to California’s water infrastructure.” Trump’s plan, he said, would have “allowed enormous amounts of water” to flow south from Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021128 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireNewsomTrumpAP-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state argued that the federal government’s plan for delta operations would harm the ecosystem and native California fish species such as the delta smelt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time around, legal action is likely to again tie up Trump’s plans. According to the executive action, the secretaries of Commerce and the Interior have three months to report to the president on any progress made and provide recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Börk said he’d be astonished if the administration came up with anything substantive in that timeframe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d be pretty surprised if they could do that in less than a couple of years,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s plans last time took about four years to develop and were immediately locked up in litigation, Börk said. He expects any new plans to “end up in court again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The area is part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which is the hub of California’s water supply, supplying fresh water to two-thirds of the state’s population and millions of acres of farmland. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The majority of the outflows occur during the wrong time of year when storms inundate the system, he said, and the state doesn’t have the infrastructure to capture it — nor is it always cost-effective to build such infrastructure. 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The day felt “contradictory” to her and co-chair McKinley Greenberg, Garg said, but it also inspired them to foster a strong Bay Area youth community that can come together over the next four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We kind of have to accept that Trump is president now, but we still have power in our own hands to create solidarity,” said Greenberg, 18. “You can already see it starting. Everyone’s meeting each other for the first time because this was all organized over Zoom, and it’s really cool to see everyone working together on some art.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 75 teens traveled from all over the Bay Area to attend the rally, which featured youth poets, speakers and, of course, pizza. 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Like most of the attendees at Monday’s event, Seims, 16, wasn’t eligible to vote in the last election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s channeled her feelings into advocacy efforts, forming a club that teaches kids about carbon sequestration, the process of capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and joining the Say No to PFAS Movement, which advocates against the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004572/how-a-california-county-got-pfas-out-of-its-drinking-water\">synthetic “forever chemicals”\u003c/a> linked with severe health risks, and showing up to rallies like Monday’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023109 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SchiffLofgrenCheneyAP-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On day one, it does feel a little bit hopeless, but it’s also, I think [it’s] a time that could really bring out a lot of great movements, too,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g-s1-43698/trump-inauguration-executive-orders-2025-day-1\">expected to declare\u003c/a> a “national energy emergency” on Monday that would reduce the red tape and regulations on U.S. energy companies. 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There is not currently any federal legislation that restricts gas-powered vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like most Democrats and environmental activists, the young protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995140/bay-area-environmentalists-criticize-trumps-pick-lead-epa\">expressed worry about Lee Zeldin\u003c/a>, Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, who has been criticized for his ties to the U.S. oil industry and voting record rejecting most environmental legislation as a former member of Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s terrifying,” Garg said, considering the next four years. “We’re going to see a lot of the improvement and progress that we made during this past administration being rolled back, and it’s hard when you have so many people in power who are paid off or just don’t believe in the science that’s in front of you and don’t really pay attention to your futures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She hopes that in 2028, she’ll get to cast her first vote for a candidate that aligns with her climate values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Jan. 20: A previous version of this story misattributed two quotes by Aishani Garg and McKinley Greenberg to the other. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Southern California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/wildfires\">wildfires\u003c/a> didn’t just leave torched homes and businesses in ruin. They also consumed spiritual centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least three houses of worship — Altadena Community Church, Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center and Masjid Al-Taqwa — burned in the Eaton Fire, destroying irreplaceable artifacts. The congregations are left with a major loss, but their leaders said they have felt an outpouring of generosity from the larger community, spurring hopes of rebuilding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 7, the fire ignited in Eaton Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains before swiftly moving toward urban areas such as Altadena and Pasadena, burning more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/eaton-fire\">14,000 acres and destroying more than 7,000 structures\u003c/a>. 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The word “church,” outlined in metal, is the only word that remains of an otherwise obliterated welcome sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3.jpg\" alt=\"The word 'CHURCH' in metal on a wall laying on top of a pile of debris.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena Community Church was completely destroyed by the Eaton Fire that ignited on Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tellström has not been back to visit yet, but he said he hopes a clavichord — a stringed keyboard instrument he and his dad constructed many years ago — survived the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was played for the first time in public on Christmas Eve,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building was constructed in the late 1940s. Tellström said the congregation of about 60 is just beginning the hard conversation about whether or not to rebuild. They’re proud of being an openly queer-affirming church, and he said they refuse to see their message of acceptance incinerated by the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will honor whatever they want to do,” said Tellström, who retires next month. “Churches are shrinking across America right now. They’re harder to maintain. On the other hand, [our congregation] loves what they stand for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022832\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1315\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-1920x1262.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few miles from the church, the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center was also consumed by the Eaton Fire. Rabbi Jill Gold Wright said the temple, which was older than a century, boasts a large congregation with around 450 families. She was at the synagogue before the flames engulfed the church on Jan. 7, a night she described as harrowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Embers violently flared across the property as volunteers scrambled to determine what to save. The smoke was so thick inside the synagogue they could only rescue 11 Torah scrolls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was no more time for them to rescue anything else,” Gold Wright said. “So they got into their cars with the Torah scrolls and drove away, and then our synagogue was on fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said at least one scroll dates back to the 17th century. Nine scrolls will be held indefinitely in the Huntington Library’s archives. The synagogue kept two for when the congregation gathers to worship online and at temporary venues. Gold Wright said at least 22 families lost their homes, and she is unsure if the congregation will decide to rebuild at the same site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m holding the grief and the loss and also holding a real confidence that the community will thrive and that we will stay together,” she said. “That is a very Jewish thing — to hold two seemingly opposing but actually very human experiences at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFireMosqueGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFireMosqueGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFireMosqueGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFireMosqueGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFireMosqueGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFireMosqueGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFireMosqueGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker with Southern California Edison walks through the ruins of the Masjid Al-Taqwa that was destroyed in the Eaton fire at 2183 N. Lake Avenue in Altadena on Jan. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Masjid Al-Taqwa, the only mosque serving the area, was founded around 40 years ago by African-American Muslims, according to former Imam Jihad Saafir, who has been speaking to the media on the mosque’s behalf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This beautiful masjid that was beloved to us for years burnt down, and it broke all of our hearts,” he said, referring to the mosque in Arabic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the mosque’s board members lost their home and business, while another’s home is the only house left standing on its block. Saafir said the community hopes to rebuild, but they need time to heal before making a decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12022146 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a setback for a beautiful comeback, but we leave that up to the creator,” he said. “The future is looking bright even though we didn’t know what to think.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s aware that rebuilding on the same site could mean a repeat of a future fire, and he is cognizant that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995420/climate-scientists-warn-of-growing-whiplash-effect-on-weather-patterns\">human-caused climate change\u003c/a> led to the dry conditions that caused the fire to burn out of control. However, he is unsure where else to rebuild. Like the other congregations in this story, the mosque is seeking financial donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The beautiful part is that the day we found out it burned, we started a \u003ca href=\"https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/help_restore_our_beloved_masjid_in_altadena\">GoFundMe and a LaunchGood\u003c/a>,” he said. “We’re almost at a million dollars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altadena Community Church is \u003ca href=\"https://altadenaucc.org/\">collecting donations through its website\u003c/a>. Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center has raised almost $150,000 of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-pjtc-rebuild-after-the-eaton-canyon-fire\">$500,000 goal on GoFundMe\u003c/a>. Gold Wright said the temple is “raising funds more immediately for our families who have been impacted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All three leaders said that even though their physical buildings are gone, the spiritual home that remains within the heart of the community is still very much alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The building is not the church,” Tellström said. “The people — that’s the church.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Tellström, Altadena Community Church’s pastor, lives a few blocks from the fire evacuation line in Pasadena. Embers landed on the church, igniting the fire that consumed all but the arches and front wall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that was left of the front door was the frame, which looked as if it were a window to a magnificent view of the San Gabriel mountains. Half of the front wall of what used to be a cream-colored church, now charred black, fell on top of Tellström’s old office. The word “church,” outlined in metal, is the only word that remains of an otherwise obliterated welcome sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3.jpg\" alt=\"The word 'CHURCH' in metal on a wall laying on top of a pile of debris.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFire3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena Community Church was completely destroyed by the Eaton Fire that ignited on Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tellström has not been back to visit yet, but he said he hopes a clavichord — a stringed keyboard instrument he and his dad constructed many years ago — survived the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was played for the first time in public on Christmas Eve,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building was constructed in the late 1940s. Tellström said the congregation of about 60 is just beginning the hard conversation about whether or not to rebuild. They’re proud of being an openly queer-affirming church, and he said they refuse to see their message of acceptance incinerated by the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will honor whatever they want to do,” said Tellström, who retires next month. “Churches are shrinking across America right now. They’re harder to maintain. On the other hand, [our congregation] loves what they stand for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022832\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1315\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ReligiousCenterFirePasadenaJewishTempleGetty-1920x1262.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few miles from the church, the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center was also consumed by the Eaton Fire. 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Police eventually escorted protesters off the site without making any arrests,\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-16/climate-protesters-storm-phillips-66-facility-amid-recent-wildfires\"> the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, the Bay Area demonstration remained just outside the gates to the Chevron refinery. Demonstrators initially planned to enter and occupy the site, organizer Ariela Lara said, but ultimately, they decided against that escalation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very proud to see all of our organizers and friends that did put their bodies on the line back in Los Angeles. 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Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Protesters marched from Washington Park in Point Richmond under Interstate 580 to the refinery gates, where Richmond police and Chevron security were waiting. However, there were no arrests or altercations — police instead spent their time observing and corralling traffic around the demonstration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs and banners included phrases like “The Climate Crisis Is Here,” “End the Fossil Fuel Era” and “Make Big Oil Pay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chants were occasionally interrupted by honks of approval from passing traffic — including from drivers of gas and fuel tank trucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing that we really need to understand is that climate justice is labor justice,” Does said. “And to see folks who work in this industry support us shows to me that obviously [fossil fuel companies] don’t care about their own workers’ lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12022725 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main demand from protesters is for Chevron to pay $20 billion toward wildfire recovery in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chevron had done a lot of research on what was bound to happen when they were going to continue burning fossil fuels, and what would happen is that climate disasters would get more and more severe. They knew the consequences of this, and they continued on,” Lara said. “They need to pay up for the disasters that we have seen in L.A.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their wake, demonstrators left a mural at the Gate 31 entrance to the refinery that read “Make Big Oil Pay” and “Chevron Profits; LA Burns” with a scene of flames engulfing hills and homes surrounded by palm trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speakers at the rally also drew comparisons between the climate crisis and the war in Gaza, denouncing Chevron’s business activity in Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents of Richmond are familiar with the harmful environmental impacts of the refinery in their backyard. The facility frequently flares and releases toxic gas over neighborhoods. 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I definitely feel spiritually and emotionally exhausted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But only a few days after arriving in Moss Landing, Floyd-Carroll was forced to pack up and leave once again after a huge fire erupted at a nearby battery plant on Thursday afternoon. She said she began packing family relics and an emergency bag as soon as she heard sirens in the distance. A formal evacuation order was issued for her neighborhood around 7 p.m., Floyd-Carroll said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire at a facility operated by Vistra Corporation, an electricity company that helps supply energy to the power grid, has closed schools and roads and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 Moss Landing residents as it sends up a plume of smoke, authorities said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022877\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of flames at Moss Landing Power Plant located on Pacific Coast Highway in Monterey Bay, California, on Jan. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The plant at Moss Landing is one of the world’s largest storage facilities for lithium batteries, which are used to store solar power and other forms of electricity. The facility, a vital part of California’s effort to shift toward renewable energy and sustainability, contains over 100,000 batteries and can store up to 750 megawatts of electricity, according to a Vistra Corporation press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Energy Commission said 52,000 megawatts of storage is needed to meet its green energy goals by 2045.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials warned that because the fire involves batteries, it’s impossible to manually stop the burn. All residents could do was wait for the fire to burn itself out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Areas in Moss Landing currently under mandatory evacuation orders include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>South of Elkhorn Slough.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>North of Molera Road and Monterey Dunes Way.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>West of Castroville Boulevard and Elkhorn Road.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Monterey County authorities are also advising residents in neighboring areas, including Watsonville and Marina, to take protective measures such as remaining indoors and closing windows and vents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highway 1 has been shut down between Molera Road and Struve Road, in addition to several local roads. The North Monterey County Unified School District, which services several cities in the area, also announced a closure in response to the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference on Friday morning, county officials said the fire is beginning to slow down and that the imminent danger for residents has passed. No casualties have been reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021911 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01810_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to county officials, there were some concerns about toxic hydrofluoride fumes being released into the air by the fire and smoke. But on Friday morning, officials informed residents that there had been no signs of dangerous toxins in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have very little active flame. We have very little products of combustion being put into the atmosphere,” said Joel Mendoza, chief of the North Monterey County Fire Protection District. “There was no hazardous hydrogen fluoride gas being emitted by the batteries. At no point did I get a report back that there was any of that being picked up by the monitors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advanced monitoring equipment will be brought in to provide emergency responders and officials with more detailed information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church said the fire should be a wake-up call to industry leaders in sustainable energy. He echoed concerns shared with him by constituents about the battery plant’s proximity to environmentally significant areas like Elkhorn Slough and Monterey Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the fourth fire at that site since 2019,” Church said at a press conference. “This transition to a more sustainable energy source should not come before the safety of our families and our environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cause of the fire has yet to be determined, and nearly 40% of the building has been destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floyd-Carroll said the experience has left her feeling uneasy. She’s preparing to return to Los Angeles County to avoid the smoke and possible fumes that may linger as a result of the Moss Landing fire. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to county officials, there were some concerns about toxic hydrofluoride fumes being released into the air by the fire and smoke. But on Friday morning, officials informed residents that there had been no signs of dangerous toxins in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have very little active flame. We have very little products of combustion being put into the atmosphere,” said Joel Mendoza, chief of the North Monterey County Fire Protection District. “There was no hazardous hydrogen fluoride gas being emitted by the batteries. At no point did I get a report back that there was any of that being picked up by the monitors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advanced monitoring equipment will be brought in to provide emergency responders and officials with more detailed information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church said the fire should be a wake-up call to industry leaders in sustainable energy. He echoed concerns shared with him by constituents about the battery plant’s proximity to environmentally significant areas like Elkhorn Slough and Monterey Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the fourth fire at that site since 2019,” Church said at a press conference. “This transition to a more sustainable energy source should not come before the safety of our families and our environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cause of the fire has yet to be determined, and nearly 40% of the building has been destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floyd-Carroll said the experience has left her feeling uneasy. She’s preparing to return to Los Angeles County to avoid the smoke and possible fumes that may linger as a result of the Moss Landing fire. Fortunately, emergency responders were able to preserve the area around her home in L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the moment, we’re still waiting for guidance as if it’s safe to return to that area of Moss Landing and Castroville,” Floyd-Carroll said. “It’s been hard to maintain a sense of safety and to go about business as usual time and time again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials told the press on Friday that they would be calling for an independent investigation into what caused the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> signed an executive order suspending environmental review processes for victims looking to rebuild after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/wildfire\">Los Angeles wildfires\u003c/a> destroyed over 40,000 acres of land and more than 12,000 structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision, which effectively waives the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Coastal Act, comes as a surprise in a state that boasts some of the strictest building regulations and environmental review processes. California has received criticism for the difficulty of getting building projects approved, a process that is also notoriously expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the order Newsom signed Sunday, state and local agencies are directed to help the residents of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties by expediting processes that would hinder reconstruction. They have also been tasked with identifying additional building codes that can be safely suspended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the fires are extinguished, victims who have lost their homes and businesses must be able to rebuild quickly and without roadblocks,” Newsom said in a Sunday \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/12/governor-newsom-signs-executive-order-to-help-los-angeles-rebuild-faster-and-stronger/\">press release\u003c/a>. “The executive order I signed today will help cut permitting delays, an important first step in allowing our communities to recover faster and stronger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The environmental safety restrictions that govern construction projects are an obstacle for anyone looking to build in the state. Legislators have also expanded regulations aimed at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021125/la-fires-renew-debate-over-prescribed-burns-and-fire-preparedness-in-california\">improving fire and earthquake resilience\u003c/a> in fire-prone neighborhoods. These requirements, like installing sprinkler systems and external water tanks, can be cost-prohibitive for homeowners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-055-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some state residents have also questioned why the process for rebuilding was not streamlined after other wildfires. Republican Assemblymember David Tangipa, who represents the Central Valley, said that wildfire victims are still recovering from the Creek Fire in 2020 in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/DavidTangipa/status/1878470719161700812\">social media post\u003c/a> and called on the state government to address the disparity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt Sedlar, a climate analyst at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said the issue is more complex than simply rebuilding. He said he’s worried that Newsom’s order may come with unintended consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“CEQA review is something that’s been a thorn in the side of many housing advocates because a lot of localities use that to hold up development,” Sedlar said. “My concern is that there’s a bullet point that directs state agencies to identify additional permanent requirements, including provisions of the building code, that can safely be suspended to accelerate rebuilding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sedlar noted that in areas like Los Angeles County, a high risk of wildfires necessitates resiliency measures when it comes to rebuilding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021263\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buildings are destroyed along Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It wouldn’t make a whole lot of sense to rebuild as things were before because that’s the opposite of adaptive resilience,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The focus instead should be on mitigating the costs associated with making these neighborhoods safer, whether that’s through state or federal assistance, according to Sedlar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the United States, experts and state officials are working together to find solutions that account for rising building costs, environmental safety and the need for hardened homes. In 2006, Florida legislators introduced \u003ca href=\"https://mysafeflhome.com/\">My Safe Florida Home\u003c/a>, a program that distributes funds to applicants looking to improve the resiliency of their homes against natural disasters like hurricanes. The program is wildly popular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12022375 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/PacificPalisadesRebuild2-1020x827.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allocated $200 million to the program in July, funding ran out in less than 10 days, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fox13news.com/news/part-my-safe-florida-home-program-runs-out-funding-2-weeks-after-applications-open\">news reports\u003c/a>. Because applications were divided into five groups based on need, only lower-income applicants aged 60 were eligible for consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given California’s large population size, Sedlar said, the state would face similar difficulties in creating a grant program that covers all interested homeowners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a huge risk of wildfire throughout the state,” Sedlar said. “How do you allocate enough money to cover everyone? Obviously, there are areas that are less susceptible to fires — urban fires, wildfires — than others, but it’s still going to be extremely competitive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the wildfires broke, several conservative politicians, pundits and donors have spread misinformation and criticized state leaders, alleging that inept policymaking led to disaster. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments have caused some state officials to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021435/trumps-misinformation-la-fires-fuels-concerns-over-future-disaster-aid-california\">worry over how a Trump administration may affect future federal aid\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican Congressional leaders have touted the idea of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022111/republican-leaders-push-conditions-disaster-relief-california-wildfire-victims\">placing conditions\u003c/a> on federal assistance for California wildfire victims. At a Monday press conference, House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed, without evidence, that state and local officials were complicit in the scope of the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021951\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireSchoolAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireSchoolAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireSchoolAP-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireSchoolAP-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireSchoolAP-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireSchoolAP-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireSchoolAP-1920x1275.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighter studies the charred remains of St. Mark’s School, a preschool and K-6 grade school on Altadena Drive, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Altadena, California. \u003ccite>(Chris Pizzello/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Johnson and other conservatives have also suggested that federal assistance be made contingent upon California Democrats agreeing to raise the national debt ceiling, an issue that Trump has been vocal about in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What do we need to do to reduce the risk and make the Pacific Palisades buildable again?” said Bill Jackson, who leads the San Francisco Republican Party. “Our national governments are not piggy banks for communities that do not have a realistic approach toward sustaining themselves and defending themselves in the event of a natural disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California leaders have introduced several proposals to address fire mitigation. On Monday, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021941/newsom-expands-special-session-speed-up-los-angeles-wildfire-relief-funds\">expanded the special session\u003c/a> that began in December to include $1.5 billion for fire preparedness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Insurance also introduced plans for a statewide home-hardening grant program that would fund projects such as installing fire-resistant roofs and defensible spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Making homes and communities safer from wildfires needs to be a top priority for our state,” Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said during a press conference last week. “Looking forward, I will also work with the state Legislature and the Governor’s Administration to support my proposal to provide consumers with home hardening grants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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