Assembly backs AJR 27 urging federal disaster aid for Eden and Palisades fire victims
The Aug. 3 floor session moved the resolution forward on a 54-0 concurrence vote, according to the Assembly record.
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Assembly advances AB 2134, giving local officials parental leave without losing their seats
The bill, called the Family Friendly City Council’s Act, moved forward in the Assembly floor session Sunday.
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CARB unanimously backs $68 million in AQIP money for clean off-road equipment
The board approved Resolution 26-8, sending most of the state’s AQIP funding plan to CORE and setting a July workshop and fall rollout timeline.
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CPUC approves more than $74 million in broadband grants across seven counties
The state commission approved three CASF infrastructure awards that are expected to extend fiber service to 1,788 unserved locations, including fire-threat communities, and include low-income pricing commitments.
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California Personnel Board updates nurse consultant job standards after prior ruling
The board approved revised Nurse Consultant Series specifications for four classes at its June 18 teleconference, saying the changes implement an earlier ruling on minimum qualifications.
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CEC adopts 2025 energy policy report, flags gap to 7-gigawatt load-shift goal
Staff told commissioners California is still well short of its 2030 demand-flexibility target as the agency approved its latest Integrated Energy Policy Report.
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CEC approves four CA-TREC grants to expand residential energy contractor training
The grants will fund apprenticeship support, student counseling and contractor training tied to heat pumps and other residential electrification work.
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CEC approves $3 million UC Irvine project to forecast behind-the-meter resources
Project SIGNAL will study short-term forecasting of rooftop solar, batteries and EV charging, with staff saying the work could improve grid reliability and ratepayer savings.
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CPUC hearing puts wireless service-quality rules in the public record
At a July 15 hearing, commissioners said they will review comments from more than 800 people before deciding whether to extend existing phone-service standards to wireless carriers or adopt new rules.
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CARB advances cap-and-invest overhaul with $10 billion bill-credit shift, industrial fund
At a May 28 hearing, staff outlined a rewrite of California’s cap-and-invest program that would steer more allowance value to electricity bill relief, create a $4 billion industrial incentive fund and tighten long-term allowance budgets.
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CPUC adopts long-delayed framework for buying failing water systems
The 3-0 vote in Rulemaking 22-04-003 replaces an older acquisition process with expedited review timelines and ratepayer protections for failing, at-risk and potentially at-risk water utilities.
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CPUC keeps SOMA limits in place, declines expansion to new construction
Commissioners updated the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing program but did not open it to new construction or master-metered properties.
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CEC approves $9 million tribal microgrid grant novation to OurEnergy for Yurok project
The California Energy Commission approved a grant amendment that transfers an EPIC-funded tribal microgrid project from the Barona Group to OurEnergy L.L.C., shifts the site to Weitchpec and extends the term by 21 months.
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CEC approves $4.1 million PG&E smart-meter edge-computing demonstration
The July 8 vote backs a four-year EPIC project to test distributed-intelligence applications on 9,000 smart meters in PG&E territory.
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CEC adopts final 2025 Integrated Energy Policy Report
The California Energy Commission approved the final 2025 IEPR at its July 8 business meeting and backed the action with a CEQA finding that adoption is not a project.
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CEC set to adopt final 2025 energy policy report after yearlong proceeding
Backup materials for the July 8 business meeting show the commission poised to approve the final Integrated Energy Policy Report after workshops, webinars, a draft report and a proposed final version.
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CEC approves $1.5 million Guidehouse contract for energy modeling work
The multiyear agreement will support forecasting, electrification analysis, demand-flexibility tools and the commission’s Common Platform.
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CEC advances more than $11 million in clean-energy workforce and research grants
At its July 8 business meeting, the California Energy Commission approved four workforce-related awards and one EPIC research grant tied to electrification, apprenticeships and grid forecasting.
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CEC backs four July 8 workforce and apprenticeship grants totaling more than $9.2 million
The California Energy Commission approved four grants tied to residential clean-energy training, apprenticeship support and contractor pipeline development.
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CEC approves $1.5 million grant to support apprentices with childcare and safety tools
The California Energy Commission backed a CRESST award to the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California to help income-qualified apprentices stay in residential energy-efficiency training.
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CEC approves $1.5 million LATTC grant for clean-energy student supports
The grant will fund non-instructional services meant to help Los Angeles Trade-Technical College students complete training and move into clean-energy jobs.
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CEC approves $1.29 million SMART grant to expand heat-pump training at six California sites
The July 8 approval will fund equipment, curriculum and contractor-readiness training at six apprenticeship centers and SMART Local 104.
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Assembly narrowly backs AB 126 education finance trailer bill amid charter-school dispute
The Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 126 on a 56-1 vote after debate over charter-school language in the education finance package.
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Assembly passes SB 762 to let some local governments seek higher sales tax rates
The urgency measure cleared the Assembly 54-13 and heads to the Senate, where it would give eligible local governments a path to ask voters for tax rates above the statutory cap.
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