Wildfire threat likely to get worse, experts say

By MARTIN WISCKOL | mwisckol@scng.com | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: April 8, 2021 at 4:41 p.m. | UPDATED: April 9, 2021 at 8:01 a.m. The plan includes neighborhood resilience projects, such as putting screens on chimneys, clearing vegetation from around homes and ensuring evacuation plans are in place. There would also be managed burns and other forest management efforts, and an increase in […]

Senator Portantino Affordable Housing Bill Passes Senate Housing Committee

Sacramento, California – Senate Bill 15, a measure authored Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Canada) which gives incentives to cities that convert abandoned retail sites into affordable and workforce housing, passed the Senate Housing Committee today. “Lack of affordable housing is a major issue for current and potential employers in California counties and […]

Join us to honor Tracy Hernandez, LA Biz Fed’s transit champion!

The Los Angeles County Business Federation or BizFed, is a different kind of business organization—a network of existing business networks, a “federation” that dared support a sales tax increase in 2008 and again in 2016 (Measures R and M) even though businesses typically do not support tax increases (bad for business, the thinking goes). But […]

Recall Advocate Stops in Fresno to Hawk Book Targeting Governor

Assemblyman Kevin Kiley is pushing for the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom. The lawmaker was in Fresno on Tuesday to sign copies of his book “Recall Newsom: The Case Against America’s Most Corrupt Governor” while advocating for Newsom’s removal. Kiley, R-Rocklin, said Newsom has abused his power, with the lockdown causing “incalculable harm.” “You’ve had […]

VIRTUAL TOWN HALL: REVITALIZING CALIFORNIA’S BUSINESS CLIMATE

You are invited to join Chapman University’s Vice President of Research Thomas Piechota who will host the next Ask the Experts Town Hall on Friday, January 22, from 11 – 12:30 P.M. (PST). The installment this month will be moderated by Dean Thomas Turk of the Argyros School of Business and Economics who will be […]