#governornewsom — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/people/69056/ Top stories: Newsom packs board. Bredefeld fears ‘indoctrination.’ PACs spread cash #FresnoBee #FresnoCountyBoardOfSupervisors #FresnoUnified #GavinNewsom #GovernorNewsom #LibraryStaff #PrideEvent #StaffParticipation #TomRichards
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https://www.europesays.com/people/39389/ Top stories: Heroism saves 2 toddlers; missing restaurant owner speaks; Newsom comes to Fresno #ArmandoAriasJr #BusinessOwner #FinancialStruggles #Fresno #FresnoCommunityHospital #GavinNewsom #GoodSamaritans #GovernorNewsom #KidnappedChildren #ReportedMissing #StateParkSystem #TacosElCabezon #toddlers
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https://www.europesays.com/people/39308/ Gov. Gavin Newsom announces three new state parks, including one along Fresno-Madera County line #CountyLine #GavinNewsom #GovernorNewsom #KernCounty #MaderaCounty #StateParks
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California Politics 360 Full Episode https://www.byteseu.com/1820921/ #AshleyZavala #asset #BillionaireTax #CaliforniaPolitics #CaliforniaPolitics360 #ColoradoRiver #February22 #FullEpisode #FullEpisode|Update #GovGavinNewsom #GovernorNewsom #hurry #kcra #NewBook #people #Politics #RepKevinKiley #SecretaryWadeCrowfoot #SEIUUHW #SenatorBernieSanders #state #SuzanneJimenez #TopCaliforniaPolitic #week #YoungMan #YoungManInAHurry:AMemoirOfDiscovery
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governor gavin newsom deploying california national guard support food banks statewide
#governorNewsom #california #nationalGuard #foodBanks #snap #calFresh #foodStamps #Shutdown
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Victory! #California Requires #Transparency for #AI Police Reports
California #GovernorNewsom has signed S.B. 524, a bill that begins the long process of regulating and imposing transparency on the growing problem of AI-written police reports.
S.B.524 requires police to disclose, on the report, if it was used to fully or in part author a police report. Further, it bans vendors from selling or sharing the information a #police agency provided to the AI.
#sb524https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/victory-california-requires-transparency-ai-police-reports
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No more loud commercials: Governor Newsom signs SB 576
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/no-more-loud-commercials-governor-newsom-signs-sb-576/
#HackerNews #NoMoreLoudCommercials #GovernorNewsom #SB576 #AdvertisingRegulation #CaliforniaLegislation #MediaReform
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Wouldn't it be nice if California implemented an audit program to monitor operations in these "detention facilities"? It's clear #GovernorNewsom has very clever people on his team (cf the #TrollTweets tweaking the (un)truth social posts) - so I am sure they could figure out how to monitor and protect the rights, health and well-being of the captives.
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#California , Tell #GovernorNewsom : Regulate #AI #Police Reports and Sign S.B. 524
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Struggling Americans face soaring prices for gas, housing, and food, with beef up 12%. Conover Kennard exposes how Trump’s tariffs and military moves deepen economic and political divides, while Gov. Newsom decries GOP leaders’ tone-deaf White House celebrations amid public hardship. Full story: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/09/newsom-hits-maga-mike-over-jaw-dropping #ConoverKennard #economy #inflation #Republicans #Democrats #GovernorNewsom #MikeJohnson #Trump #politics
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Thanks for the tip from up nort' of the border, eh, but we have a #frogwater situation here.
Something must be done other than hoping and wishing.
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The time of FA has passed, it's time for the right wing to FO!
Do stupid shit? Win stupid prizes!
https://aelc.assembly.ca.gov/redistricting-public-commentCalifornians are invited to comment on the #GovernorNewsom redistricting proposal.
Here is what I sent in:
I’m afraid this is absolutely necessary.
Other states are taking every possible step in order to enact partisan redistricting, so Californians must do the same thing here.
I fully support Governor Newsom’s proposal.
He is entirely correct about this.please share!
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Yes please do take off the gloves already House Democrats, California leaders weigh tit-for-tat redistricting if Texas Republicans redraw maps
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aides have signaled their boss’s willingness to counter Texas redistricting with a similar move to offset GOP gains, lawmakers said.
#TexasVoterSuppression #GovernorNewsom
#MAGArepublicanscheat https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/03/redistricting-texas-california-democrats-retaliation-trump-newsom/ -
#politics #governornewsom #democracy #fasicm #trump #protests #resist #resisrance #video
Aaron Parnas 6/17/2025
Exclusive Interview with Governor Newsom on No Kings, Ice, Democracy
Shapeshifting News, stacked stress and We the People -
#politics #governornewsom #democracy #fasicm #trump #protests #resist #resisrance #video
Aaron Parnas 6/17/2025
Exclusive Interview with Governor Newsom on No Kings, Ice, Democracy
Shapeshifting News, stacked stress and We the People -
#politics #governornewsom #democracy #fasicm #trump #protests #resist #resisrance #video
Aaron Parnas 6/17/2025
Exclusive Interview with Governor Newsom on No Kings, Ice, Democracy
Shapeshifting News, stacked stress and We the People -
#politics #governornewsom #democracy #fasicm #trump #protests #resist #resisrance #video
Aaron Parnas 6/17/2025
Exclusive Interview with Governor Newsom on No Kings, Ice, Democracy
Shapeshifting News, stacked stress and We the People -
#politics #governornewsom #democracy #fasicm #trump #protests #resist #resisrance #video
Aaron Parnas 6/17/2025
Exclusive Interview with Governor Newsom on No Kings, Ice, Democracy
Shapeshifting News, stacked stress and We the People -
John Amato reveals a tense exchange between Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, and MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff. Homan's initial threat to arrest officials like Governor Newsom faded when confronted by Soboroff, who called out his stance. Homan insists legal guidelines apply to protests, further showcasing a MAGA tactic to undermine non-conservative voices. For the full breakdown, check out the article. https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/tom-homan-arrest-newsom
#TomHoman #GovernorNewsom #MSNBC #JacobSoboroff #MAGA #MediaStrategy -
Joined now by the governor of California Gavin Newsom
https://www.youtube.com/live/bVTukyBiV94?si=x2DWMRyvnuinNvLf
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Wow! Narcissism, sociopathy, or total lack of empathy?
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SB-707 Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 is a start to getting a formal process for recycling textiles.
PLEASE - Call the governors office and ask him to sign it: (916) 445-2841 (or an online written request at https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/)
Legislation details (the Bill analysis tab is helpful): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB707&showamends=false
#recycling #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #textiles & #textilewaste #GovernorNewsom, please sign this 💵
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Bicycling Monterey is among those who’ve supported and now celebrate that late Sat night the California Senate and Assembly passed #AB3233 to affirm #LocalChoice on #oil, #gas operations. Now we urge #GovernorNewsom to sign this bill! https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/california-senate-passes-bill-to-affirm-local-choice-on-oil-gas-operations-2024-09-01/
“Communities should be able to make decisions about the oil and gas projects in their own backyards,” said Dr. Laura Solorio, president of Protect #Monterey County. “This bill is vital to protecting #democracy as well as our #health and #environment.”
Background: https://bikemonterey.org/californias-local-environmental-choice-and-safety-act-ab-3233.html
#ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #MontereyCounty #LosAngelesCounty #BigOil #Wastewater
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#DiabloCanyon #NuclearPowerPlant brings #profits for PG&E, deadly risk for residents [and the #environment]
Tina Landis
August 19, 2024"Despite opposition from residents and #environmental organizations, California legislators passed #SenateBill846 in 2022 to extend the life of the dangerous, aging Diablo Canyon #nuclear facility.
"Located on the Central Coast surrounded by several #fault lines, one has to question why a nuclear facility was placed in an #earthquake zone to begin with, much less allowing it to continue to operate well past its retirement date. The world witnessed what can happen to a coastal nuclear facility in an earthquake zone when the 2011 #Fukushima disaster triggered a meltdown that displaced nearly half a million residents, with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWater still being released into the ocean today.
"As long as Diablo Canyon remains open, Californians live with the constant risk of suffering the same type of disaster.
"From its inception, Diablo Canyon had little public support. Protests occurred regularly during its construction, and thousands were arrested for #CivilDisobedience actions in 1981.
"In the 1970s and 1980s, California’s three largest utilities spent billions of dollars building dangerous and costly nuclear plants like Diablo Canyon, which resulted in skyrocketing rates for customers. Big industry fought back against these increased energy costs, which resulted in deregulation bills consisting of multi-billion dollar #bailouts to the state’s utility companies to cover their costly investments in nuclear.
"Today, the last remaining nuclear plant operating in the state is still draining billions in funds that could be used for safe, #renewable energy development. To keep Diablo Canyon running 5 years past its retirement date is expected to cost $8 billion to $12 billion. A federal aid package of $1.1 billion will contribute to some of those costs – meaning federal #taxpayers’ money – while the remaining billions will be passed on to #California #ratepayers.
"Despite being run by PG&E and only generating power for its territory, customers of #SouthernCaliforniaEdison and #SanDiegoGasAndElectric will help cover the remaining costs of the Diablo extension. Edison bills will increase by around $1.25 a month and SDG&E by 87 cents a month, while PG&E customers are expected to chip in $2.07 a month – and that’s just for the first year. Critics warn that costs are likely to increase in coming years to keep the plant running, and that’s on top of already skyrocketing PG&E rates that have doubled over the last decade. And if PG&E collects more funds than are needed for Diablo’s operations, they get to keep it!
"In 2022, when legislators pushed this through #SB846, the excuse of energy shortages was used due to pandemic-related supply chain issues and massive #wildfires. But today, there is plenty of energy being produced with increased #solar and #battery storage capacity that has kept the lights on even during this summer’s unprecedented heat waves driving up demand. The California Public Utility Commission’s own reporting shows that an additional 18,500 megawatts of new resources were added to the grid between 2020 and 2024, which is enough to power around 14 million homes. Another 11,000 megawatts will be added by 2028.
"Nuclear has the third highest lifecycle emissions of all energy sources after scrubbed #coal fired plants and natural gas – meaning it is far from being zero-emission. It also creates the unresolved issue of the #RadioactiveWaste which remains dangerous for tens of thousands to millions of years.
"Keeping the Diablo facility running will only hold back further development of safe and truly low-carbon, low cost renewable sources like solar and #wind energy.
"So why isn’t Diablo Canyon being decommissioned? The short answer is that #capitalism must ensure continued profits for the #InvestorClass.
"SB 846 authorized Diablo’s extension through 2030, and gave PG&E a $1.4 billion loan for the for-profit utility to facilitate the plant’s extension. #GovernorNewsom facilitated another transfer of taxpayer dollars to PG&E through an additional $400 million loan from the state’s general fund, included in the recent budget deal. Critics warn that these 'loans' will never be repaid, meaning residents will be fully subsidizing the Diablo extension – from federal and state tax dollars to our utility fees.
"But there is a way out. SB 846 allows the #CPUC to retire the plant earlier than 2030 if sufficient levels of new renewable zero-carbon energy resources exist, are interconnected, and meet demand, which is the case.
"CPUC has a long track record of serving PG&E’s interests, so intervention by the commission is unlikely. One example of many that demonstrates their close relationship: CPUC is not requiring PG&E to show how much of our utility bill actually goes to the Diablo extension, but instead lumps the cost in with 'public purpose programs,' making it impossible to determine.
"While communities are demanding an early shutdown of Diablo, PG&E is currently applying for a 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC] for the facility, which is expected to be approved. This would mean customers will foot the bill to keep this dangerous nuclear facility running through 2045, far beyond the original expiration dates of 2024 and 2025.
"CPUC has proven their unwavering support time and again for PG&E’s monopoly control over the state’s energy system at the expense of residents’ safety and affordable rates. The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is just another mechanism to squeeze ratepayers and line the pockets of shareholders who live far away from the dangers posed by this aging facility. Only a public takeover of this #corrupt utility can win clean, safe and affordable energy for all."
#PGAndE #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearCorruption #NuclearBailouts #RenewablesNow #NoNukes
#DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant
#NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #California #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife -
#DiabloCanyon #NuclearPowerPlant brings #profits for PG&E, deadly risk for residents [and the #environment]
Tina Landis
August 19, 2024"Despite opposition from residents and #environmental organizations, California legislators passed #SenateBill846 in 2022 to extend the life of the dangerous, aging Diablo Canyon #nuclear facility.
"Located on the Central Coast surrounded by several #fault lines, one has to question why a nuclear facility was placed in an #earthquake zone to begin with, much less allowing it to continue to operate well past its retirement date. The world witnessed what can happen to a coastal nuclear facility in an earthquake zone when the 2011 #Fukushima disaster triggered a meltdown that displaced nearly half a million residents, with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWater still being released into the ocean today.
"As long as Diablo Canyon remains open, Californians live with the constant risk of suffering the same type of disaster.
"From its inception, Diablo Canyon had little public support. Protests occurred regularly during its construction, and thousands were arrested for #CivilDisobedience actions in 1981.
"In the 1970s and 1980s, California’s three largest utilities spent billions of dollars building dangerous and costly nuclear plants like Diablo Canyon, which resulted in skyrocketing rates for customers. Big industry fought back against these increased energy costs, which resulted in deregulation bills consisting of multi-billion dollar #bailouts to the state’s utility companies to cover their costly investments in nuclear.
"Today, the last remaining nuclear plant operating in the state is still draining billions in funds that could be used for safe, #renewable energy development. To keep Diablo Canyon running 5 years past its retirement date is expected to cost $8 billion to $12 billion. A federal aid package of $1.1 billion will contribute to some of those costs – meaning federal #taxpayers’ money – while the remaining billions will be passed on to #California #ratepayers.
"Despite being run by PG&E and only generating power for its territory, customers of #SouthernCaliforniaEdison and #SanDiegoGasAndElectric will help cover the remaining costs of the Diablo extension. Edison bills will increase by around $1.25 a month and SDG&E by 87 cents a month, while PG&E customers are expected to chip in $2.07 a month – and that’s just for the first year. Critics warn that costs are likely to increase in coming years to keep the plant running, and that’s on top of already skyrocketing PG&E rates that have doubled over the last decade. And if PG&E collects more funds than are needed for Diablo’s operations, they get to keep it!
"In 2022, when legislators pushed this through #SB846, the excuse of energy shortages was used due to pandemic-related supply chain issues and massive #wildfires. But today, there is plenty of energy being produced with increased #solar and #battery storage capacity that has kept the lights on even during this summer’s unprecedented heat waves driving up demand. The California Public Utility Commission’s own reporting shows that an additional 18,500 megawatts of new resources were added to the grid between 2020 and 2024, which is enough to power around 14 million homes. Another 11,000 megawatts will be added by 2028.
"Nuclear has the third highest lifecycle emissions of all energy sources after scrubbed #coal fired plants and natural gas – meaning it is far from being zero-emission. It also creates the unresolved issue of the #RadioactiveWaste which remains dangerous for tens of thousands to millions of years.
"Keeping the Diablo facility running will only hold back further development of safe and truly low-carbon, low cost renewable sources like solar and #wind energy.
"So why isn’t Diablo Canyon being decommissioned? The short answer is that #capitalism must ensure continued profits for the #InvestorClass.
"SB 846 authorized Diablo’s extension through 2030, and gave PG&E a $1.4 billion loan for the for-profit utility to facilitate the plant’s extension. #GovernorNewsom facilitated another transfer of taxpayer dollars to PG&E through an additional $400 million loan from the state’s general fund, included in the recent budget deal. Critics warn that these 'loans' will never be repaid, meaning residents will be fully subsidizing the Diablo extension – from federal and state tax dollars to our utility fees.
"But there is a way out. SB 846 allows the #CPUC to retire the plant earlier than 2030 if sufficient levels of new renewable zero-carbon energy resources exist, are interconnected, and meet demand, which is the case.
"CPUC has a long track record of serving PG&E’s interests, so intervention by the commission is unlikely. One example of many that demonstrates their close relationship: CPUC is not requiring PG&E to show how much of our utility bill actually goes to the Diablo extension, but instead lumps the cost in with 'public purpose programs,' making it impossible to determine.
"While communities are demanding an early shutdown of Diablo, PG&E is currently applying for a 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC] for the facility, which is expected to be approved. This would mean customers will foot the bill to keep this dangerous nuclear facility running through 2045, far beyond the original expiration dates of 2024 and 2025.
"CPUC has proven their unwavering support time and again for PG&E’s monopoly control over the state’s energy system at the expense of residents’ safety and affordable rates. The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is just another mechanism to squeeze ratepayers and line the pockets of shareholders who live far away from the dangers posed by this aging facility. Only a public takeover of this #corrupt utility can win clean, safe and affordable energy for all."
#PGAndE #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearCorruption #NuclearBailouts #RenewablesNow #NoNukes
#DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant
#NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #California #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife -
#DiabloCanyon #NuclearPowerPlant brings #profits for PG&E, deadly risk for residents [and the #environment]
Tina Landis
August 19, 2024"Despite opposition from residents and #environmental organizations, California legislators passed #SenateBill846 in 2022 to extend the life of the dangerous, aging Diablo Canyon #nuclear facility.
"Located on the Central Coast surrounded by several #fault lines, one has to question why a nuclear facility was placed in an #earthquake zone to begin with, much less allowing it to continue to operate well past its retirement date. The world witnessed what can happen to a coastal nuclear facility in an earthquake zone when the 2011 #Fukushima disaster triggered a meltdown that displaced nearly half a million residents, with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWater still being released into the ocean today.
"As long as Diablo Canyon remains open, Californians live with the constant risk of suffering the same type of disaster.
"From its inception, Diablo Canyon had little public support. Protests occurred regularly during its construction, and thousands were arrested for #CivilDisobedience actions in 1981.
"In the 1970s and 1980s, California’s three largest utilities spent billions of dollars building dangerous and costly nuclear plants like Diablo Canyon, which resulted in skyrocketing rates for customers. Big industry fought back against these increased energy costs, which resulted in deregulation bills consisting of multi-billion dollar #bailouts to the state’s utility companies to cover their costly investments in nuclear.
"Today, the last remaining nuclear plant operating in the state is still draining billions in funds that could be used for safe, #renewable energy development. To keep Diablo Canyon running 5 years past its retirement date is expected to cost $8 billion to $12 billion. A federal aid package of $1.1 billion will contribute to some of those costs – meaning federal #taxpayers’ money – while the remaining billions will be passed on to #California #ratepayers.
"Despite being run by PG&E and only generating power for its territory, customers of #SouthernCaliforniaEdison and #SanDiegoGasAndElectric will help cover the remaining costs of the Diablo extension. Edison bills will increase by around $1.25 a month and SDG&E by 87 cents a month, while PG&E customers are expected to chip in $2.07 a month – and that’s just for the first year. Critics warn that costs are likely to increase in coming years to keep the plant running, and that’s on top of already skyrocketing PG&E rates that have doubled over the last decade. And if PG&E collects more funds than are needed for Diablo’s operations, they get to keep it!
"In 2022, when legislators pushed this through #SB846, the excuse of energy shortages was used due to pandemic-related supply chain issues and massive #wildfires. But today, there is plenty of energy being produced with increased #solar and #battery storage capacity that has kept the lights on even during this summer’s unprecedented heat waves driving up demand. The California Public Utility Commission’s own reporting shows that an additional 18,500 megawatts of new resources were added to the grid between 2020 and 2024, which is enough to power around 14 million homes. Another 11,000 megawatts will be added by 2028.
"Nuclear has the third highest lifecycle emissions of all energy sources after scrubbed #coal fired plants and natural gas – meaning it is far from being zero-emission. It also creates the unresolved issue of the #RadioactiveWaste which remains dangerous for tens of thousands to millions of years.
"Keeping the Diablo facility running will only hold back further development of safe and truly low-carbon, low cost renewable sources like solar and #wind energy.
"So why isn’t Diablo Canyon being decommissioned? The short answer is that #capitalism must ensure continued profits for the #InvestorClass.
"SB 846 authorized Diablo’s extension through 2030, and gave PG&E a $1.4 billion loan for the for-profit utility to facilitate the plant’s extension. #GovernorNewsom facilitated another transfer of taxpayer dollars to PG&E through an additional $400 million loan from the state’s general fund, included in the recent budget deal. Critics warn that these 'loans' will never be repaid, meaning residents will be fully subsidizing the Diablo extension – from federal and state tax dollars to our utility fees.
"But there is a way out. SB 846 allows the #CPUC to retire the plant earlier than 2030 if sufficient levels of new renewable zero-carbon energy resources exist, are interconnected, and meet demand, which is the case.
"CPUC has a long track record of serving PG&E’s interests, so intervention by the commission is unlikely. One example of many that demonstrates their close relationship: CPUC is not requiring PG&E to show how much of our utility bill actually goes to the Diablo extension, but instead lumps the cost in with 'public purpose programs,' making it impossible to determine.
"While communities are demanding an early shutdown of Diablo, PG&E is currently applying for a 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC] for the facility, which is expected to be approved. This would mean customers will foot the bill to keep this dangerous nuclear facility running through 2045, far beyond the original expiration dates of 2024 and 2025.
"CPUC has proven their unwavering support time and again for PG&E’s monopoly control over the state’s energy system at the expense of residents’ safety and affordable rates. The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is just another mechanism to squeeze ratepayers and line the pockets of shareholders who live far away from the dangers posed by this aging facility. Only a public takeover of this #corrupt utility can win clean, safe and affordable energy for all."
#PGAndE #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearCorruption #NuclearBailouts #RenewablesNow #NoNukes
#DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant
#NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #California #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife -
#DiabloCanyon #NuclearPowerPlant brings #profits for PG&E, deadly risk for residents [and the #environment]
Tina Landis
August 19, 2024"Despite opposition from residents and #environmental organizations, California legislators passed #SenateBill846 in 2022 to extend the life of the dangerous, aging Diablo Canyon #nuclear facility.
"Located on the Central Coast surrounded by several #fault lines, one has to question why a nuclear facility was placed in an #earthquake zone to begin with, much less allowing it to continue to operate well past its retirement date. The world witnessed what can happen to a coastal nuclear facility in an earthquake zone when the 2011 #Fukushima disaster triggered a meltdown that displaced nearly half a million residents, with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWater still being released into the ocean today.
"As long as Diablo Canyon remains open, Californians live with the constant risk of suffering the same type of disaster.
"From its inception, Diablo Canyon had little public support. Protests occurred regularly during its construction, and thousands were arrested for #CivilDisobedience actions in 1981.
"In the 1970s and 1980s, California’s three largest utilities spent billions of dollars building dangerous and costly nuclear plants like Diablo Canyon, which resulted in skyrocketing rates for customers. Big industry fought back against these increased energy costs, which resulted in deregulation bills consisting of multi-billion dollar #bailouts to the state’s utility companies to cover their costly investments in nuclear.
"Today, the last remaining nuclear plant operating in the state is still draining billions in funds that could be used for safe, #renewable energy development. To keep Diablo Canyon running 5 years past its retirement date is expected to cost $8 billion to $12 billion. A federal aid package of $1.1 billion will contribute to some of those costs – meaning federal #taxpayers’ money – while the remaining billions will be passed on to #California #ratepayers.
"Despite being run by PG&E and only generating power for its territory, customers of #SouthernCaliforniaEdison and #SanDiegoGasAndElectric will help cover the remaining costs of the Diablo extension. Edison bills will increase by around $1.25 a month and SDG&E by 87 cents a month, while PG&E customers are expected to chip in $2.07 a month – and that’s just for the first year. Critics warn that costs are likely to increase in coming years to keep the plant running, and that’s on top of already skyrocketing PG&E rates that have doubled over the last decade. And if PG&E collects more funds than are needed for Diablo’s operations, they get to keep it!
"In 2022, when legislators pushed this through #SB846, the excuse of energy shortages was used due to pandemic-related supply chain issues and massive #wildfires. But today, there is plenty of energy being produced with increased #solar and #battery storage capacity that has kept the lights on even during this summer’s unprecedented heat waves driving up demand. The California Public Utility Commission’s own reporting shows that an additional 18,500 megawatts of new resources were added to the grid between 2020 and 2024, which is enough to power around 14 million homes. Another 11,000 megawatts will be added by 2028.
"Nuclear has the third highest lifecycle emissions of all energy sources after scrubbed #coal fired plants and natural gas – meaning it is far from being zero-emission. It also creates the unresolved issue of the #RadioactiveWaste which remains dangerous for tens of thousands to millions of years.
"Keeping the Diablo facility running will only hold back further development of safe and truly low-carbon, low cost renewable sources like solar and #wind energy.
"So why isn’t Diablo Canyon being decommissioned? The short answer is that #capitalism must ensure continued profits for the #InvestorClass.
"SB 846 authorized Diablo’s extension through 2030, and gave PG&E a $1.4 billion loan for the for-profit utility to facilitate the plant’s extension. #GovernorNewsom facilitated another transfer of taxpayer dollars to PG&E through an additional $400 million loan from the state’s general fund, included in the recent budget deal. Critics warn that these 'loans' will never be repaid, meaning residents will be fully subsidizing the Diablo extension – from federal and state tax dollars to our utility fees.
"But there is a way out. SB 846 allows the #CPUC to retire the plant earlier than 2030 if sufficient levels of new renewable zero-carbon energy resources exist, are interconnected, and meet demand, which is the case.
"CPUC has a long track record of serving PG&E’s interests, so intervention by the commission is unlikely. One example of many that demonstrates their close relationship: CPUC is not requiring PG&E to show how much of our utility bill actually goes to the Diablo extension, but instead lumps the cost in with 'public purpose programs,' making it impossible to determine.
"While communities are demanding an early shutdown of Diablo, PG&E is currently applying for a 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC] for the facility, which is expected to be approved. This would mean customers will foot the bill to keep this dangerous nuclear facility running through 2045, far beyond the original expiration dates of 2024 and 2025.
"CPUC has proven their unwavering support time and again for PG&E’s monopoly control over the state’s energy system at the expense of residents’ safety and affordable rates. The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is just another mechanism to squeeze ratepayers and line the pockets of shareholders who live far away from the dangers posed by this aging facility. Only a public takeover of this #corrupt utility can win clean, safe and affordable energy for all."
#PGAndE #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearCorruption #NuclearBailouts #RenewablesNow #NoNukes
#DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant
#NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #California #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife -
#DiabloCanyon #NuclearPowerPlant brings #profits for PG&E, deadly risk for residents [and the #environment]
Tina Landis
August 19, 2024"Despite opposition from residents and #environmental organizations, California legislators passed #SenateBill846 in 2022 to extend the life of the dangerous, aging Diablo Canyon #nuclear facility.
"Located on the Central Coast surrounded by several #fault lines, one has to question why a nuclear facility was placed in an #earthquake zone to begin with, much less allowing it to continue to operate well past its retirement date. The world witnessed what can happen to a coastal nuclear facility in an earthquake zone when the 2011 #Fukushima disaster triggered a meltdown that displaced nearly half a million residents, with vast amounts of #RadioactiveWater still being released into the ocean today.
"As long as Diablo Canyon remains open, Californians live with the constant risk of suffering the same type of disaster.
"From its inception, Diablo Canyon had little public support. Protests occurred regularly during its construction, and thousands were arrested for #CivilDisobedience actions in 1981.
"In the 1970s and 1980s, California’s three largest utilities spent billions of dollars building dangerous and costly nuclear plants like Diablo Canyon, which resulted in skyrocketing rates for customers. Big industry fought back against these increased energy costs, which resulted in deregulation bills consisting of multi-billion dollar #bailouts to the state’s utility companies to cover their costly investments in nuclear.
"Today, the last remaining nuclear plant operating in the state is still draining billions in funds that could be used for safe, #renewable energy development. To keep Diablo Canyon running 5 years past its retirement date is expected to cost $8 billion to $12 billion. A federal aid package of $1.1 billion will contribute to some of those costs – meaning federal #taxpayers’ money – while the remaining billions will be passed on to #California #ratepayers.
"Despite being run by PG&E and only generating power for its territory, customers of #SouthernCaliforniaEdison and #SanDiegoGasAndElectric will help cover the remaining costs of the Diablo extension. Edison bills will increase by around $1.25 a month and SDG&E by 87 cents a month, while PG&E customers are expected to chip in $2.07 a month – and that’s just for the first year. Critics warn that costs are likely to increase in coming years to keep the plant running, and that’s on top of already skyrocketing PG&E rates that have doubled over the last decade. And if PG&E collects more funds than are needed for Diablo’s operations, they get to keep it!
"In 2022, when legislators pushed this through #SB846, the excuse of energy shortages was used due to pandemic-related supply chain issues and massive #wildfires. But today, there is plenty of energy being produced with increased #solar and #battery storage capacity that has kept the lights on even during this summer’s unprecedented heat waves driving up demand. The California Public Utility Commission’s own reporting shows that an additional 18,500 megawatts of new resources were added to the grid between 2020 and 2024, which is enough to power around 14 million homes. Another 11,000 megawatts will be added by 2028.
"Nuclear has the third highest lifecycle emissions of all energy sources after scrubbed #coal fired plants and natural gas – meaning it is far from being zero-emission. It also creates the unresolved issue of the #RadioactiveWaste which remains dangerous for tens of thousands to millions of years.
"Keeping the Diablo facility running will only hold back further development of safe and truly low-carbon, low cost renewable sources like solar and #wind energy.
"So why isn’t Diablo Canyon being decommissioned? The short answer is that #capitalism must ensure continued profits for the #InvestorClass.
"SB 846 authorized Diablo’s extension through 2030, and gave PG&E a $1.4 billion loan for the for-profit utility to facilitate the plant’s extension. #GovernorNewsom facilitated another transfer of taxpayer dollars to PG&E through an additional $400 million loan from the state’s general fund, included in the recent budget deal. Critics warn that these 'loans' will never be repaid, meaning residents will be fully subsidizing the Diablo extension – from federal and state tax dollars to our utility fees.
"But there is a way out. SB 846 allows the #CPUC to retire the plant earlier than 2030 if sufficient levels of new renewable zero-carbon energy resources exist, are interconnected, and meet demand, which is the case.
"CPUC has a long track record of serving PG&E’s interests, so intervention by the commission is unlikely. One example of many that demonstrates their close relationship: CPUC is not requiring PG&E to show how much of our utility bill actually goes to the Diablo extension, but instead lumps the cost in with 'public purpose programs,' making it impossible to determine.
"While communities are demanding an early shutdown of Diablo, PG&E is currently applying for a 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [#NRC] for the facility, which is expected to be approved. This would mean customers will foot the bill to keep this dangerous nuclear facility running through 2045, far beyond the original expiration dates of 2024 and 2025.
"CPUC has proven their unwavering support time and again for PG&E’s monopoly control over the state’s energy system at the expense of residents’ safety and affordable rates. The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is just another mechanism to squeeze ratepayers and line the pockets of shareholders who live far away from the dangers posed by this aging facility. Only a public takeover of this #corrupt utility can win clean, safe and affordable energy for all."
#PGAndE #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearCorruption #NuclearBailouts #RenewablesNow #NoNukes
#DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant
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Newsom wants you to believe that he's doing everything he can to save California's imperiled salmon -- without the one thing that's desperately needed: FLOWS OF WATER!!
"Without the essential ingredient of a river, which is the flow of water, fish are not going to survive," as Baykeeper science director Jon Rosenfield said, '“The governor is out there promising actions that are not adequate to restore the population."https://www.kqed.org/news/11974205/newsom-backs-dam-removal-projects-to-protect-salmon-in-california-rivers #newsom #governornewsom #fish #salmon #chinooksalmon #water #cawater #californiawater
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In 2022 in #SanFrancisco city govt officials announced securing $1.7 million in state #taxpayer funds to build a single stall public #restroom for a five year old mini park in #NoeValley . Then the #NIMBYS heard about it ... In a city where it takes well over a 1000 days to secure #permits & #planning #permission to build desperately needed housing , this would not stand! A pile of mulch is all that's left of the dream, the funding reallocated elsewhere by #GovernorNewsom, although the bathroom was built, and is sitting in Nevada waiting for a possible delivery date.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/us/san-francisco-toilet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE0.PH_B.EqLdCnEuD2jc&smid=url-share #PayWallFree #GiftLink
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#PeoplesPark site owned by #UCBerkeley attracts dozens of amped up #activists and potentially hundreds of law enforcement officers with a 24 hr #CalDining catering contingent capable of feeding over 1000 meals a day to support securing site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
#UniversityOfCalifornia claims new #housing plans for bldgs to shelter 1200 preserves open space, and honors park's 55 yr legacy is also desperately needed, at a blighted location where crime has escalated around a filthy & oft dangerous tent encampment.
#Protesters refuse to join #GovernorNewsom and city leaders in support of #construction on symbolic site of #resistancia that has been held in limbo while awaiting a #California #SupremeCourt case that has not as yet even heard any #OralArguments.
#BerkeleyU sent out an announcement this morning telling #CampusCommunity members to avoid the "affected area" for at least next 6 days while the stacking of #ShippingContainers around perimeter of long contested vacant lot begins
The situation is bound to escalate into chaotic confrontations, vexing violence and perpetual public disturbances, as it always has over previous decades, in which blood has been shed, and life was once taken by #police buckshot fired at furious citizenry.
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#PeoplesPark site owned by #UCBerkeley attracts dozens of amped up #activists and potentially hundreds of law enforcement officers with a 24 hr #CalDining catering contingent capable of feeding over 1000 meals a day to support securing site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
#UniversityOfCalifornia claims new #housing plans for bldgs to shelter 1200 preserves open space, and honors park's 55 yr legacy is also desperately needed, at a blighted location where crime has escalated around a filthy & oft dangerous tent encampment.
#Protesters refuse to join #GovernorNewsom and city leaders in support of #construction on symbolic site of #resistancia that has been held in limbo while awaiting a #California #SupremeCourt case that has not as yet even heard any #OralArguments.
#BerkeleyU sent out an announcement this morning telling #CampusCommunity members to avoid the "affected area" for at least next 6 days while the stacking of #ShippingContainers around perimeter of long contested vacant lot begins
The situation is bound to escalate into chaotic confrontations, vexing violence and perpetual public disturbances, as it always has over previous decades, in which blood has been shed, and life was once taken by #police buckshot fired at furious citizenry.
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#PeoplesPark site owned by #UCBerkeley attracts dozens of amped up #activists and potentially hundreds of law enforcement officers with a 24 hr #CalDining catering contingent capable of feeding over 1000 meals a day to support securing site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
#UniversityOfCalifornia claims new #housing plans for bldgs to shelter 1200 preserves open space, and honors park's 55 yr legacy is also desperately needed, at a blighted location where crime has escalated around a filthy & oft dangerous tent encampment.
#Protesters refuse to join #GovernorNewsom and city leaders in support of #construction on symbolic site of #resistancia that has been held in limbo while awaiting a #California #SupremeCourt case that has not as yet even heard any #OralArguments.
#BerkeleyU sent out an announcement this morning telling #CampusCommunity members to avoid the "affected area" for at least next 6 days while the stacking of #ShippingContainers around perimeter of long contested vacant lot begins
The situation is bound to escalate into chaotic confrontations, vexing violence and perpetual public disturbances, as it always has over previous decades, in which blood has been shed, and life was once taken by #police buckshot fired at furious citizenry.
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Fact Check: Gavin Newsom vs. Ron DeSantis Debate
Fox 'News' host, Sean Hannity hosted a debate between California Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Below are the claims, facts, and some video clips of Thursday's debate dubbed as “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate;” more of that typical, Us vs. Them that RW extremists
https://newsviews.online/2023/12/01/fact-check-gavin-newsom-vs-ron-desantis-debate/
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Governor Newsom Appoints Laphonza Butler to Replace Senator Dianne Feinstein
Late Sunday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced he appoint head of the group EMILY's List, Laphonza Butler to replace the late Senator Dianne Feinstein's senate seat. In California, the governor has the authority to appoint a senator to serve until the
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/02/governor-newsom-appoints-laphonza-butler-to-replace-senator-dianne-feinstein/
#Congress #GovernorNewsom #LaphonzaButler #USSenate -
Governor Newsom Blasts GQPers Impeachment Effort as ‘Student Government’
In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, California Governor Gavin Newsom had lots to say about the 🤡🤡 clowns 🤡 in the House of Representatives.He mocked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to launch an impea
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/19/governor-newsom-blasts-gqpers-impeachment-effort-as-student-government/
#Newscasts #Abortion #California #ClimateBills #ClownHouse #GovernorNewsom #GQP #Impeachment -
Governor Newsom Blasts GQPers Impeachment Effort as ‘Student Government’
In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, California Governor Gavin Newsom had lots to say about the 🤡🤡 clowns 🤡 in the House of Representatives.He mocked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to launch an impea
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/19/governor-newsom-blasts-gqpers-impeachment-effort-as-student-government/
#Newscasts #Abortion #California #ClimateBills #ClownHouse #GovernorNewsom #GQP #Impeachment -
Governor Newsom Blasts GQPers Impeachment Effort as ‘Student Government’
In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, California Governor Gavin Newsom had lots to say about the 🤡🤡 clowns 🤡 in the House of Representatives.He mocked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to launch an impea
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/19/governor-newsom-blasts-gqpers-impeachment-effort-as-student-government/
#Newscasts #Abortion #California #ClimateBills #ClownHouse #GovernorNewsom #GQP #Impeachment -
Governor Newsom Blasts GQPers Impeachment Effort as ‘Student Government’
In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, California Governor Gavin Newsom had lots to say about the 🤡🤡 clowns 🤡 in the House of Representatives.He mocked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to launch an impea
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/19/governor-newsom-blasts-gqpers-impeachment-effort-as-student-government/
#Newscasts #Abortion #California #ClimateBills #ClownHouse #GovernorNewsom #GQP #Impeachment -
Governor Newsom Blasts GQPers Impeachment Effort as ‘Student Government’
In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, California Governor Gavin Newsom had lots to say about the 🤡🤡 clowns 🤡 in the House of Representatives.He mocked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to launch an impea
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/19/governor-newsom-blasts-gqpers-impeachment-effort-as-student-government/
#Newscasts #Abortion #California #ClimateBills #ClownHouse #GovernorNewsom #GQP #Impeachment -
Governor Newsom Proposes Historic 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to End America’s Gun Violence Crisis
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/06/08/28th-amendment/
#GovCaliforniaHashtags: #28thAmendment #EndGunViolence #ConstitutionalChange #HistoricProposal #GovernorNewsom #USAGunCrisis #Politics #News
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STRATFORD, CA: Tulare Lake 💧
The water is being held by a levee which is unknown when was the last time it was maintained. Two questions need to be asked of every elected official at every level. #TulareLake
1) What’s the plan to divert the water so immigrant farmworker communities such as the town of Stratford are not flooded.
2) What were they doing during the dry years to prepare for this moment. #caflooding #GovernorNewsom
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“If this was what the injunction mandated the city to do, that’d be a travesty. But it isn’t.”
This case has too much rhetoric around it, and #JoeEskenazi does an artful job of stripping it away and illuminating the strange and interesting stuff at its core
#SF #Homelessness #MayorBreed #GovernorNewsom https://sfba.social/@MLNow/111006883297795885
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Newsom slams DeSantis over migrant drop-off: 'You small, pathetic man'
https://abc7.com/governor-gavin-newsom-migrants-sacramento-ron-desantis/13347769/
#ABCNews #NewsomvsDeSantis #MigrantDropOff #Sacramento #GovernorNewsom #FloridaGovernor #Politics #News
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#California #GovernorNewsom said on Monday that the state will no longer do business with #Walgreens over its recent decision not to distribute #abortion #medication by mail in 20 U.S. states. The move comes after #Republican attorneys in 20 states pressured Walgreens not to sell abortion medication and threatened legal action. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-walgreens-gavin-newsom-mifepristone-abortion-pill/
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Texas Sheriff Recommends Criminal Charges in DeSantis’ Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard; Gov. Newsom Calls DeSantis a ‘Small, Pathetic Man’
A Texas sheriff’s department has recommended that the distr
https://newsviews.online/2023/06/06/texas-sheriff-recommends-criminal-charges-in-desantis-migrant-flights-to-marthas-vineyard-gov-newsom-calls-desantis-a-small-pathetic-man/
#CravenAssholes #DeSantis #GovernorNewsom #HumanTraficking #migrants #PoliticalStunts #Sacramento #Texas -
Texas Sheriff Recommends Criminal Charges in DeSantis’ Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard; Gov. Newsom Calls DeSantis a ‘Small, Pathetic Man’
A Texas sheriff’s department has recommended that the distr
https://newsviews.online/2023/06/06/texas-sheriff-recommends-criminal-charges-in-desantis-migrant-flights-to-marthas-vineyard-gov-newsom-calls-desantis-a-small-pathetic-man/
#CravenAssholes #DeSantis #GovernorNewsom #HumanTraficking #migrants #PoliticalStunts #Sacramento #Texas -
Texas Sheriff Recommends Criminal Charges in DeSantis’ Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard; Gov. Newsom Calls DeSantis a ‘Small, Pathetic Man’
A Texas sheriff’s department has recommended that the distr
https://newsviews.online/2023/06/06/texas-sheriff-recommends-criminal-charges-in-desantis-migrant-flights-to-marthas-vineyard-gov-newsom-calls-desantis-a-small-pathetic-man/
#CravenAssholes #DeSantis #GovernorNewsom #HumanTraficking #migrants #PoliticalStunts #Sacramento #Texas -
Texas Sheriff Recommends Criminal Charges in DeSantis’ Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard; Gov. Newsom Calls DeSantis a ‘Small, Pathetic Man’
A Texas sheriff’s department has recommended that the distr
https://newsviews.online/2023/06/06/texas-sheriff-recommends-criminal-charges-in-desantis-migrant-flights-to-marthas-vineyard-gov-newsom-calls-desantis-a-small-pathetic-man/
#CravenAssholes #DeSantis #GovernorNewsom #HumanTraficking #migrants #PoliticalStunts #Sacramento #Texas