(The Center Square) - Republican legislators pushed back against California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that almost $865 million acquired from some of the state’s biggest emitters will pay for affordable housing and

“We saw that in 2022, wildfires erased nearly 20 years of emission progress,” Assemblymember Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale and a member of the Assembly Transportation Committee, told The Center Square. “I’m a bit frustrated by that, and unfortunately, the administration still has no comprehensive wildfire prevention strategy. I think it’s a little bit disingenuous to brag about

State Sen. Meghan Dahle, R-Redding, and a member of the Senate Transportation Committee, added that while she sees good housing projects being developed by the state’s cap-and-trade program, especia

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