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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 gas companies, an effort long fought by the industry and trade unions alike, he gave Democrats a gr...