Opinion

California needs to streamline permits for heat pump installations

Image by Creative Bird

OPINION- California is already working to encourage heat pump adoption through its 2025 Energy Code, but our policymakers should be doing more. Homeowners need to be able to install equipment in a timely, predictable, and affordable way, especially during critical emergency replacements in Sacramento’s sweltering summers.

Podcast

A conversation with Sanjay Wagle of the California Association of Realtors

Sanjay Wagle of the California Association of Realtors

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Housing remains the hottest topic in California policy, and our guest today is Sanjay Wagle, who heads up the Governmental Affairs team for the California Association of Realtors. The Realtors’ Gubernatorial Forum was a hot ticket in Sacramento last week, and we discuss the topics raised there, and many others.

Opinion

California can’t lead on climate while wild horses disappear

Black Mountain wild horses. Photo courtesy of Wild Horse Education.

OPINION – California calls itself a leader on climate and conservation, but its treatment of wild horses tells a different story: when it comes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — a bedrock environmental safeguard — the state is letting these herds wither away.

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