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Days from the end of the legislative session, political observers are once again asking themselves whether a bitter, unresolved battle over labor standards will spell...

Some of the most powerful groups in the state are at an impasse regarding key housing legislation. Politicians will likely have to choose between alienating a powerful union and streamlining affordable housing development.

Governor Gavin Newsom — who typically champions the environment and carbon neutrality — opposes Proposition 30.

A new bill aimed at increasing affordable housing construction has an important backer: California’s carpenters’ unions. The state’s formidable Construction and Building Trades Council, which represents most other construction unions, is opposed.

A new bill aimed at increasing affordable housing construction has an important backer: California’s carpenters’ unions. The state’s formidable Construction and Building Trades Council, which represents most other construction unions, is opposed. The battle comes down to how stringent labor requirements under the new bill would be.

A new bill aimed at increasing affordable housing construction is backed by California’s carpenters’ unions. The council that represents most other construction unions, is opposed. Story from @CalMatters.

The battle comes down to how stringent labor requirements under the new housing bill would be.

A bill designed to speed up affordable housing construction is backed by the state's carpenters unions but opposed by the group that represents most other construction unions.

More than two dozen men and women clad in hard hats and safety vests filed into a crowded hearing room April 27 to cheer on yet another bill trying to solve California’s housing crisis.

California Proposes Plan for an Extensive Fracking Ban Legislators have proposed a ban on a series of oil extraction methods, including hydraulic fracking, as well as a well-operation buffer zone. But with Gavin Newsom facing recall, some worry the bill may get shut down. Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times   |   April 5, 2021   |  Analysis (TNS) — When Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced his support last year for a ban on hydraulic fracturing by oil and...