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Capital & Main: Homeless in California: Dignity is a Hot Shower.
Facilities that provide showers and clean clothes encourage the homeless to seek health services and permanent supportive housing
Capital & Main: Zero for Effort: Environmental Scorecard Flunks California Congressmembers
Figures compiled from campaign contribution records show that fossil fuel industries donate almost exclusively to Republican candidates. “They’ve gone out of their way to help oil and gas and coal,” says one environmentalist.
Capital & Main: Smog Check: Central Valley Congressmen Refuse to Clear the Air
Both ozone and particulate pollution are attributed to oil and gas production, agribusiness, mega-dairies, power generation, heavy equipment and truck traffic – many of the Central Valley’s major businesses.
Capital & Main: Judging Janus: Will California’s Unions Survive?
Right-to-work forces see in Janus v. AFSCME a golden opportunity to cripple public-sector unions, while organized labor looks for a silver lining in the event the Supreme Court rules in Mark Janus’ favor.
Los Angeles Review of Books: Grasped by What We Cannot Grasp: The Elemental Poems of Dan Gerber
An assessment of Dan Gerber’s career, seen through a fishing trip with our reviewer, as well as a look at his “New and Selected Poems.”...
Capital & Main: California Bill Would Bring Climate Change Battle to State Construction Projects
A new bill awaiting Governor Jerry Brown’s signature could use the state’s massive purchasing power as the world’s sixth largest economy to address greenhouse gas emissions far beyond its borders.