Report: California’s attempts to combat homelessness are so multipronged, with so many funding sources going to so many places, that it often appears nobody knows what’s working or even what is being spent.

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California faces a $44.9 billion revenue shortfall for the next fiscal year, and Gavin Newsom has indicated he’ll institute budget cuts.

Here are 3 critical areas slated for substantial budget cuts, which will directly affect vulnerable Californians.

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A pipeline company vented more climate-damaging natural gas from its operations in New Mexico than all other oil and gas producers in the state combined — all thanks to a loophole in the state’s landmark 2021 Methane Rule.

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No, the new $20 per hour minimum wage for some 500,000 fast food workers in California isn’t going to break the fast-food business model or the economy.

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For the second year, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing cuts to California’s $54 billion climate investment, targeting programs aimed at accelerating the state’s transition from fossil fuels.

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Oklahoma has more than 260,000 unplugged wells — behind only Texas. To plug and clean up the state’s wells could cost approximately $7.3 billion, according to an analysis of state records.

Oklahoma has just $45 million in bonds.

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A bipartisan group including six former AMA presidents say that, under another Trump administration, access to health coverage will fall while prices rise.

And Americans need to start paying attention.

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The nine-member Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission was not invited to the presentation and has not seen the report on civil rights violations.

What happened to transparency?

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Update: Two weeks before this dinner, the organizer Harold Hamm, executive chairman of Continental Resources, contributed $614,000 to a PAC supporting Trump

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Among the roughly 100,000 people in the U.S. who’ll now likely sign up for subsidized health insurance, nearly a third of those Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients will be from the Golden State alone.

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The paradox of Florida:
It’s one of the states most impacted by climate change—w/ record heat waves + surging storms—yet its legislature just voted to literally erase the term “climate change” from state legislation + nullify renewable energy use goals

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As Florida reels amid climate change, Trump asks Big Oil for $1 billion and pledges to roll back Biden’s green agenda.

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Georgia utilities are getting a discount on gas — but paying full price for renewables.

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Capital & Main identified three critical areas slated for substantial budget cuts, which will directly affect vulnerable Californians.

They include programs to build more affordable housing and address homelessness.

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By attempting to put a cash value on how white Americans, including her own family, benefit from discrimination, Tracie McMillan hopes to inspire a conversation on how racism drives notions of who deserves to live well.

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In the first two months of the year, the pipeline company Targa Northern Delaware vented more climate-damaging natural gas from its operations in New Mexico than all other oil and gas producers in the state combined.

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New Flyer's Anniston, Alabama workers just ratified their first union contract. Here's a story I wrote about the organizing drive four years ago. capitalandmain.com/can-workers-or… Capital & Main

A bipartisan group including six former AMA presidents say that, under another Trump administration, access to health coverage will fall while prices rise.

And Americans need to start paying attention.

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New loophole in New Mexico's #Methane Rule may lead to record methane releases, undermining state climate goals. In just 2 months, 1 company vented enough gas to match 26,000 cars' yearly emissions. Tighter controls, not exceptions! #Methane Emissions
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California faces a $44.9 billion revenue shortfall for the next fiscal year, and Gavin Newsom has indicated he’ll institute budget cuts.

Here are 3 critical areas slated for substantial budget cuts, which will directly affect vulnerable Californians.

capitalandmain.com/governors-budg…