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Gov. Newsom Signs Bay Area Senator's Bill To Expand California's Use Of Hydrogen Energy

July 1, 2026

Senate Bill 1350 from Sen.

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CA Senator Wants to Expand School Summer Meal Programs to Families

February 25, 2025

The bill allows caregivers of participating students to become eligible for free meals in the summer.

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Bay Area Legislator Introduces Bill To Help Clean Up 'Forever Chemicals' From Water Supply

February 22, 2025

SB 454 would create a much-needed funding tool to help local agencies pay for PFAS cleanup, while also helping protect ratepayers from higher costs.

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California lawmakers apply pressure over high electric bills. ‘Ratepayers are not a bank’

February 22, 2025

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California introduces legislation to protect residents from PFAS 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

February 21, 2025

PFAS has been used in thousands of products during the past eight decades, so forever chemicals have contaminated a substantial portion of our drinking water.

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California lawmakers grill leader of Public Utilities Commission about expensive electricity bills

February 20, 2025

"Is it time to revise how much of the wildfire mitigation costs should be borne by taxpayers and how much should be borne by stockholders?" Democratic Stockton State Sen. Jerry McNerney asked Reynolds in Wednesday's hearing.

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California senators grill CPUC over approval of 6 PG&E rate hikes in past year

February 20, 2025

California's utility bills and the state's affordability crisis were front and center at the Capitol on Wednesday.

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Forever chemicals

February 20, 2025

Sen. Jerry McNerney, a Stockton Democrat, also has a bill to create a state fund for cities to help them pay for PFAS cleanup in drinking water.

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‘Drought-proof’ rules for using recycled water crux of local legislator’s bill

February 14, 2025

“Instead of water wars pitting one region of the state against the other, North versus South, California must develop commonsense solutions that enable us to use the water we have more efficiently,” McNerney said.