Posts Tagged: Wade Crowfoot

Capitol Briefs: Offshore drilling, LA sexual abuse and tax revenues

Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot. Photo by Joha Harrison, Capitol Weekly

by CAPITOL WEEKLY STAFF posted 01.07.2026

The Capitol kicked back into gear this week with the ceremonial swearing in of new Senate pro Tem Monique Limon (D-Santa Barbara) and a smattering of bill introductions and information hearings. But of course, all eyes on focused on Thursday and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State address and Friday’s budget reveal. But that is hardly all that has been happening this week. 

Newsom’s stealthy divide and conquer Delta tunnel campaign

Image by Chris Allan

by BARBARA BARRIGAN-PARRILLA posted 03.13.2024

OPINION – Gavin Newsom’s stealthy divide and conquer tactics are pushing marginalized communities against each other in a war over water, pitting disadvantaged communities from different regions of the state against each other.

California, battered by 2020, girds for more intense wildfires

A wildfire burns near a home in Salinas, Monterey County, last year. (Photo: David A Litman)

by CHUCK McFADDEN posted 06.14.2021

With 2020’s disasters in mind, the state is making elaborate plans to deal with an upcoming wildfire season made potentially more deadly by drought. The challenge is there, and it’s a big one.