Dublin, CA…Real Public Safety Plan focuses on strengthening local law enforcement response, ensuring perpetrators are held accountable and getting guns and drugs off our streets. Plan funds state and local efforts to combat organized retail crime, provides grants for local prosecutors and small businesses victimized by retail theft, creates nation’s largest gun buyback program Governor […]
Sacramento, CA…As part of the state’s ongoing response to slow the spread of COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order that temporarily allows corporate shareholder meetings to be held virtually during emergencies, as outlined in legislation signed earlier this year. The order also authorizes an extension of the COVID safety requirements to protect […]
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV…The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board on Wednesday approved an update to a regional mitigation fee for new projects. The updated mobility mitigation fee will help offset new, in-basin vehicle trips with investments in traffic-reducing projects, the agency said today. The update replaces an air quality mitigation fee that has been […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…Residents of the Central Sierra will soon be seeing benefits from California’s historic investment in the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. The state restored UC ANR’s budget to pre-COVID levels of FY 2019-20 and provided a 5% increase plus an additional $32 million in ongoing funding, bringing total state support […]
Lake Tahoe, CA…The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), in partnership with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), has begun the largest invasive plant removal project at Lake Tahoe, the LTBMU said today. This new project will remove 17 acres of invasive plants in the Taylor and Tallac creeks and marshes as […]
Sacramento, CA…Since the early days of the pandemic, California has led the nation’s fight against COVID-19 through robust vaccination efforts rooted in science and data. This has helped slow the spread of the virus and save countless lives, especially in our most vulnerable communities – someone’s parent and friend, and each of them a Californian. […]
Washington, DC….The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time, thereby promoting its maximum employment and price stability goals. With progress on vaccinations and strong policy support, indicators of economic activity and employment have continued to strengthen. The sectors most adversely affected by […]
Sacramento, CA…Report spotlights California’s innovative approach to tackling COVID-19, supporting immigrant families, and fighting homelessness. Since 2019, California has led 44 public-private partnerships totaling more than $4 billion in corporate and philanthropic support. Governor Gavin Newsom today released the 2021 second annual Social Innovation Impact Report demonstrating California’s collaborative, multi-sector approach to addressing the state’s […]
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV…Weather and conditions permitting, the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) will continue prescribed fire operations this week at Lake Tahoe. Operations will continue throughout much of the fall and winter seasons to help land managers reduce hazardous fuels that can feed unwanted wildfires. Smoke will be present. A map with project locations […]
Sacramento, CA…The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.8 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices moved up 0.6 percent in each of the 3 prior months. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the final demand index rose 9.6 percent for the 12 months […]
