Capitol Briefs: Recess reset

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The Legislature has adjourned for summer recess. Lawmakers will return in August to tackle hundreds of bills in their annual sprint to the finish of the session. Here are a few we find interesting.

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San Francisco judge blocks new cardroom regulations

The Commerce Casino, image by Steve Cukrov

A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Tuesday struck down Attorney General Rob Bonta’s controversial cardroom regulations, which would have limited the salons from offering their most popular games.

Opinion

California tracks pesticides, but doesn’t track what reaches water

Tractor with large chemicals tank working in the field and spraying pesticides in sunset.

OPINION — Proposition 4’s $10 billion restoration bond contains no statutory requirement linking funded treatments to compound-specific baseline monitoring. The Legislature could fix that through budget trailer bill language. It hasn’t.

Opinion

A little creativity can bring down California’s housing prices

Aerial panorama landscape view of a large new build housing development on green belt land due to a housing shortage with characterless design for first time buyers

OPINION — There’s a lot of negativity surrounding the housing debate in California but not a lot of constructive criticism. It’s worth asking: what can the California legislature do to bring down the cost of a home?

Opinion

Sustainable aviation fuel tax credit fails the climate test

Ground service before flight. Refueling of airplane at airport.

OPINION — Aviation is one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonize. The world will need cleaner fuels, more efficient aircraft, operational improvements and eventually new technologies to reduce aviation’s climate impact.

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