SB 131’s Advanced Manufacturing Exemptions are Dangerous for California SB 131 includes a rushed and poorly defined exemption to CEQA for “advanced manufacturing,” allowing industrial projects like lithium processing, plastics production, and hydrogen fuel facilities to bypass environmental review. These projects could now be fast-tracked into low-income neighborhoods without community […]
Monthly Archives: August 2025
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A Crisis of Representation Across the country, democracy is under siege. While headlines have focused on voter suppression laws, another quieter yet equally dangerous tactic has taken root: gerrymandering, the manipulation of district boundaries to entrench power. Nowhere is this more blatant than in Texas, where Republican lawmakers, backed by […]
In April, environmental and public health advocates across Santa Rosa celebrated a major victory: the unanimous 6–0 vote by the Santa Rosa Planning Commission to deny a permit for a proposed gas station at 874 North Wright Road. The decision was based on strong findings that the project was incompatible […]