Opponents warn could render the sweeping infrastructure measure could render state’s brand-new data center laws virtually toothless. Data center backers insist the ballot measure will do nothing for them.
The district approved the $175 million deal to turn the racetrack into a park on Wednesday, though several boxes remain to be checked before the sale is final.
But Congress funds the program directly, so Congress will have the final say.
Although the Legislature just shot down a bill to assess the possibility of reintroduction, the idea and debate persist. And everyone's got an opinion.
A bill to exempt the proposed shipyard from environmental analysis is doing the time warp again.
‘We basically had all of the banned words,’ one environmental equity researcher says. So they got scrappy.
The idea is to build newfangled autonomous vessels. Possibly over 1,000 feet long. Possibly as soon as 2028.
“This timeline is moving quicker than anyone imagined,” says an East Bay parks rep.
“There’s a story behind each and every property. There are the wins, the losses, there are the struggles,” one conservationist says. “And it’s not over.”
BLM wants to open up areas for drilling near beloved Bay Area parks and wild spaces. We break down how likely that is.
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