Actress Jane Fonda and Wendy Schmidt, wife of Google co-founder Eric Schmidt, are bankrolling a campaign to block a popular ballot measure that would cut red tape on housing construction in a state where the median home just hit a record $930,000. The two women launched their "No on 45" campaign in Sacramento on Wednesday, […] The post Jane Fonda and a Google billionaire's wife fight California housing reform — from mansions worth millions appeared first on American Almanac .
Actress Jane Fonda and Wendy Schmidt, wife of Google co-founder Eric Schmidt, are bankrolling a campaign to block a popular ballot measure that would cut red tape on housing construction in a state where the median home just hit a record $930,000. The two women launched their "No on 45" campaign in Sacramento on Wednesday, rallying opposition to Proposition 45, a measure that would limit environmental reviews and court-imposed delays on housing, infrastructure, water, healthcare, and clean energy projects across California. Fonda, 88, and Schmidt, 71, are working through Clean and Healthy California, an environmental PAC that Schmidt seeded with more than $5 million and that has poured $7 million since June into defeating the measure. …Open
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a sweeping reparations action plan for Black residents, and the county supervisor leading the effort told Fox News Digital that direct cash payments remain on the table. The 5-0 vote came after more than two years of research and community engagement by […] The post Alameda County approves reparations plan — and won't rule out cash payments appeared first on American Almanac .
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a sweeping reparations action plan for Black residents, and the county supervisor leading the effort told Fox News Digital that direct cash payments remain on the table. The 5-0 vote came after more than two years of research and community engagement by the Alameda County Reparations Commission. The plan calls for major structural overhauls in housing, economic development, education, healthcare, and criminal justice, all aimed at addressing the historical treatment of Black residents in the East Bay county. But it is the question of taxpayer-funded cash that deserves the closest scrutiny. Supervisor Nate Miley, the District Four member described as the…Open
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OPINION: Lindsey Granger gives her lens on President Trump cancelling the signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill, saying that he wants the SAVE Act to be passed first. #Trump #SAVEAct #LindseyGranger About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social…
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OPINION: Lindsey Granger delivers her lens on a major housing reform bill that officially passed both houses with overwhelming bipartisan support. #ElizabethWarren #DonaldTrump #HousingReform #LindseyGranger About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media:…
