Kim Stone

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Californians deserve a clearer view of what's driving skyrocketing insurance costs | Opinion California should build a public catastrophe model that would help regulators, insurers and consumers assess wildfire risk and future losses.

Californians deserve a clearer view of what's driving skyrocketing insurance costs via @calmatters.org
Creating and funding public catastrophe models, like the one called for in California’s Senate Bill 429, is a good start.
calmatters.org/commentary/2...

AB446 @asmchrisward.bsky.social would make it illegal for businesses to vary prices based on personal data they collect from consumers. It’s a crucial move, pushing back against the unchecked power of data-driven price manipulation-Surveillance Pricing
sfstandard.com/opinion/2025... @sfstandard.com

Thanks to @asmchrisward.bsky.social for protecting Ca consumers from surveillance pricing by authoring AB 446.

In an era of mass surveillance and rapidly accelerating AI, AB 446 prohibits businesses from using personal information of a consumer to adjust the price of goods
consumerwatchdog.org/privacy/news...

Here Comes the Sun: How Netflix Romance ‘Ransom Canyon’ Broke New Ground for Solar Power Starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly, the hit Western series became the streamer's first project to run almost entirely on the sun, making production a breeze.

Making TV ... powered by the sun.

Former Edison executive Calderon, now a lawmaker, seeks to cut rooftop solar credits Nearly 2 million California rooftop solar owners would see their energy credits slashed under legislation by Assemblywoman Calderon.

AB 942 would affect solar credits for people who installed the panels before April 2023. The bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lisa Calderon, is a former executive at the parent company of Southern California Edison

www.latimes.com/environment/...

While Big Oil raked in profits, they ignored the risks of wildfires fueled by their emissions. Californians now face devastating losses and soaring insurance costs.

SB 222 offers a solution: holding oil companies responsible for the damage they caused. #SB222

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Danielle Sassoon, a Manhattan Prosecutor, Quits Rather Than Do Trump’s Bidding Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s interim U.S. attorney, built a life on conservative values and amassed a daunting resume. On Thursday, she took a stand against the Justice Department where she had ma...

Danielle Sassoon resigned rather than carry out the Trump administration's order to drop corruption charges against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, setting off other resignations within the Justice Department and standing up for the independence that has defined her Manhattan office for decades.

Supreme Court upholds law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok.

www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...

Hi Jane!!

A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Editorial: Five reasons to keep the federal tax credit for electric vehicles Ending the $7,500 bipartisan tax credit, as President-elect Donald Trump has promised to do, would be counterproductive and costly for consumers.

“Here are five reasons why the EV tax credit is worth keeping, and why scrapping it would be a counterproductive mistake.” From the @latimes.com ⁦‪editorial board: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Hochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.

Big climate accountability news out of New York, where Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law requiring major fossil fuel companies to help pay for billions of dollars in damages from extreme weather: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...

California’s Pace of Emissions Cuts Is Accelerating, Report Finds | KQED The annual emissions report also says California must increase the pace even further to reach its ambitious climate goals — and warns that the Trump administration may threaten momentum.

California slashed its climate pollution by an average of 2.5% annually between 2018 and 2022. Real progress, but pace needs to accelerate to 4% per year through 2030 to meet the state's emissions target -- and Trump will only make things harder: www.kqed.org/news/1201763...

In OC political news today:

Assemblyman Avelino Valencia (D-Anaheim) is running for State Sen. Tom Umberg's seat as he is terming out.

Buena Park councilman Connor Traut announced his bid for Supervisor as current Supervisor Doug Chaffee is term-limited.

Still not much info. Per the CHP capitol protection section, the threat came in via email. All events at the capitol have been cancelled today.

The CA State Capitol evacuated earlier this AM after an unidentified threat. Here’s what we know so far, via @nicolenixon.bsky.social: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

NOAA saying the tsunami threat has now passed: tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/...

Powerful earthquake rattles Northern California, tsunami could reach SF at 12:10 An earthquake has shaken Northern California. Reports of damage were not immediately available.

You can follow live coverage on the 7.0 earthquake near Eureka and tsunami warnings for the Bay Area and California coast from the San Francisco Chronicle here: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Adam Gray declares victory. www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Halle-******-lulah!

Thank you!

Building this starter pack of California electeds, journalists, advocates, staffers, etc.

Very much incomplete but it’s something! Reply with suggestions and I’ll add! go.bsky.app/RwU7eaw

Today is that weird day every two years when the entirety of #CALeg is composed of only half of the Senate.

The Assembly is technically memberless until Swearing-In Day tomorrow.

Hi. Sacramento lobbyist here -- looking for Ca state politics people -- legislators, staffers, lobbists, etc.