NEW: Sacramento Councilman Councilmember Eric Guerra is the owner of at least $10,000 in Chevron stock.
As a board member of CA's leading air quality regulator, climate advocates say the investment raises questions around conflicts of interest.
With Ari Plachta
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The SacBee is hiring two state capitol reporters and a local education reporter. DM me if interested and I will connect you to the right editor.

Gaza action on Assembly floor sends house into recess

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It's a fight over who loves nuclear energy most -- Democrat Rudy Salas or Republican David Valadao-- in the race for a competitive U.S. House district in the Central Valley.

The California state scientists' union is planning a strike next week.
It would be the first of its kind (among the state worker core of civil service employees) since at least 1977.
Unclear how many of the 4,200 scientists will participate - the union has a 65% membership rate

'It also places New York’s clean-energy ambitions in peril' — and probably the whole region's if not the nation's.

Newsom VETOES two transmission bills (SBs 420 and 619) that supporters said could have trimmed years off the state's decade-long process for new lines. In veto messages, he said the changes would have made the process more duplicative and diffuse. politico.com/newsletters/ca…

NEWS: Kevin de Leόn is running for re-election for LA City Council. It will be the first time voters will weigh in on the disgraced Council member since the leaked audio scandal completely upended Los Angeles last year: politico.com/news/2023/09/2…

AB 1167 -- requiring oil well buyers to commit upfront to paying more money to plug wells once they're finished with them -- passed the Senate. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/0…

BREAKING — Gavin Newsom signs #SB447 , ENDING California’s state-sponsored travel ban to states that have anti LGBTQ laws. #Caleg

Huge new endorsement — Apple — of our groundbreaking climate bill to require large corporations to disclose their carbon footprint (SB 253).

Thank you, Apple, for making clear that this is doable & a critically important piece of climate action.

Back from an action-packed, inspiring week in China with our partners across the Pacific ⚡️⚡️

Critical discussions on ZEVs, methane, carbon markets, offshore wind, adaptation and more.

Onward towards the next chapter of collaboration together 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼🌎

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A proposal to inject more natural gas into the ground beneath north Los Angeles at Aliso Canyon spotlights how hard it is for California -- and Newsom -- to move on from fossil fuels. politi.co/3EjKo3W

A consumer advocate and a building industry lobbyist walk onto a Southwest flight. A tale of end-of-session Sacramento… w/Christopher Cadelago politico.com/news/2023/08/3…

The millions of dollars California is pumping into climate jobs are adding fuel to long-simmering conflicts among the state’s powerful labor groups. Wes Venteicher and I found three flare-ups. politico.com/news/2023/08/2…

How wildfires are burning California politicians politi.co/3KP8CXF via POLITICO

feat: Camille von Kaenel on fire insurance talks
Blanca Begert on why no one has flood insurance
Jordan Wolman on Senator Scott Wiener's corporate emissions bill
Alex Nieves on South Coast railroad intrigue

Tropical Storm Hillary is taking its toll on California solar production

California's clean energy plans run right through Humboldt County, an area scarred by gold, timber and cannabis rushes of the past. Offshore wind developers are working to convince residents this project -- with its 1,100-foot turbines -- is different. politico.com/news/2023/08/1…

🛰️ View From Above: We love to see the growing scope of satellite efforts around the globe to provide accurate greenhouse gas emissions data. 📊 This week's news includes super-emitters, new methane satellites, sharing CO2 satellite data between countries, and more: ⬇️

Blanca Begert Alongside Alex Nieves, Camille von Kaenel and Wes Venteicher, that makes FOUR (4) POLITICO journalists across California devoted to climate coverage.

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