SACRAMENTO, California, May 11 -- The American Property Casualty Insurance Association issued the following statement on May 10, 2024: * * * The following statement by the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) is in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing a trailer bill to expedite the insurance rate filing process to stabilize California's insurance market. This statement should be attributed to Denni Ritter, APCIA department vice president for state government relations.   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned the University of California, Irvine (UCI)'s decision to suspend several students involved in the school's peaceful anti-genocide encampment and called on UCI administration to immediately reverse the disciplinary action. On Wednesday, May 8, UCI issued interim suspensions to  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, May 11 -- The Ocean Conservancy issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Yesterday, CalRecycle closed the comment period for the first formal rulemaking process for California's SB54, a groundbreaking law that Ocean Conservancy helped draft and champion in 2022 and will eliminate 23 million tons of plastics in the next 10 years in California alone. These regulations, drafted by CalRecycle and first released at the end of December, are critical to the success of  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 11 -- The Climate Center, a climate policy organization working to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, issued the following statement on May 10, 2024: * * * Moments ago, Governor Newsom revealed key details of his May budget revision to be released next week, cementing his intentions to cut billions of dollars from programs designed to clean the air and reduce climate pollution. Despite a multibillion-dollar deficit, the governor is yet to respond to advocates' calls t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 11 -- The California State Association of Counties issued the following statement on May 10, 2024: * * * CSAC Chief Executive Officer Graham Knaus released the following statement on the May Revision of the 2024-25 State Budget: "What Governor Newsom did today is what County leaders are all too familiar with when faced with a funding shortfall - make tough decisions on spending cuts while ensuring that the most critical priorities are maintained. The state's 58 co  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 11 -- KFF, an organization that says it focuses on health policy, issued the following news release: About one in eight adults (12%) say they have taken one of an increasingly popular class of prescription drugs known as GLP-1s that are used for weight loss and to treat diabetes and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll (https://www.kff.org/health-costs/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-may-2024-the-publics-use-and-views-o  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 11 -- The League of California Cities issued the following statement on May 10, 2024: * * * Following the release of Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised 2024-25 budget proposal, League of California Cities Executive Director and CEO Carolyn Coleman issued the below statement: "The Governor's proposal will hurt those already most vulnerable in our communities: the unhoused, those who are one paycheck, eviction, or natural disaster away from homelessness, and those strugglin  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 11 -- The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals issued the following news release: The National Hispanic Construction Alliance (NHCA) launched its inaugural chapter in Los Angeles last night at an event attended by NAHREP Co-founder and CEO, Gary Acosta, NHCA Interim Executive Director, Sergio Barajas, and former NAHREP National President, Jerry Ascencio. The event was keynoted by Mark Madrid, the Associate Administrator for the Office of Entrepre  more

MILPITAS, California, May 11 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today announced that the SEMI North America Advisory Board has presented the annual SEMI Americas Government Leadership Award to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles (Chuck) Schumer in recognition of his extraordinary support   more

MORENO VALLEY, California, May 11 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: A Riverside County Superior Court judge sided with Sierra Club and the California Attorney General's Office on Monday by ruling that the City of Moreno Valley violated environmental law when it approved its "MoVal 2040" General Plan. The plan called for significant growth in industrial, commercial and residential development through 2040, but lacked meaningful mitigation to reduce harmful impacts from that g  more

OAKLAND, California, May 11 -- The Greenlining Institute issued the following news release: The Greenlining Institute is proud to announce it has been selected, as part of the Justice Climate Fund application, to support the Environmental Protection Agency's implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund through the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator. This grant will support JCF's efforts to connect underserved communities with financing to promote clean energy, reduce emissions, and  more