Who’s funding recall Newsom campaign? + Faulconer’s plans + Budget preview for vaccines [The Sacramento Bee]
Jan. 5 Happy Tuesday! Today is the highly-anticipated runoff for the Georgia Senate races. Here’s what is happening in California:
FIRST UP: Details of key police reform proposals for the new legislative year are expected to come at 9 a.m., when Sen. Steven Bradford and Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer lead a press conference to outline their goals. Bradford leads the Senate Public Safety Committee, and Jones-Sawyer chairs the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
WHO IS BANKROLLING THE NEWSOM RECALL EFFORT?
That’s what Ann Ravel, former chair of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, would like to know.
Former FEC Chair Urges Investigation of $500,000 Donation to Newsom Recall
On 1/6/21 at 6:53 AM EST
A former chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has filed a complaint against a company that donated $500,000 to the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Ann Ravel, who served as chair of the FEC under President Barack Obama for the entirety of 2015, called on state authorities to investigate the Orange County-based company Prov. 3:9 LLC. Her complaint alleges that it is a shell company. Such a dark money scheme is antithetical to a functioning democracy and in violation of the state s comprehensive campaign finance laws, her complaint says. The people of California have the right to know, when the recall is being circulated, who is behind the effort.
California governor nominates new leader of powerful air pollution agency
CARB has reshaped the medium- and heavy-duty trucking market (Photo credit: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated Liane Randolph as the new chair of the powerful California Air Resources Board (CARB).
Randolph, an attorney, has been a commissioner at the California Public Utilities Commission since 2015.
If confirmed by the state Senate, she will become the first African-American chair of CARB, an agency that has reshaped the medium- and heavy-duty trucking market with stringent emissions regulations.
“Cleaner air is essential for California’s families and Liane Randolph is the kind of bold, innovative leader that will lead in our fight against climate change with equity and all California’s communities at heart,” Newsom said in a statement.
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Gov. Newsom Appoints Two Black Women to Air Board
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media
Published December 17, 2020
Liane Randolph (File Photo)
Months after Black employees called out widespread racism at the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed two African American women to the board of the California agency that shapes state policy against air pollution.
Last week, the governor announced that he appointed Liane Randolph, 55, of Oakland, who was in charge of integrating the resource-planning processes at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), as the new chair of CARB.
“Cleaner air is essential for California’s families and Liane Randolph is the kind of bold, innovative leader that will lead in our fight against climate change with equity and all California’s communities at heart,” Gov. Newsom said. “By committing to achieving carbon neutrality and a clean economy, my Administration is fighting for a healthier and