In the News

By Scott Wilson, Washington Post

The landscape here is more Martian than Earthly, rust and tan plains that rise in the distance to form the Old Woman Mountains to the east and the Bristols and Marbles to the north and west.

Almost everything here is protected by the federal government. The opportunity or threat, depending on your point of view, lies beneath the dusty surface that, after a recent rain, blooms with sprays of yellow desert dandelion.

There is water here in the Mojave Desert. A lot of it.

By Brennan Havens, Daily Californian

In a press release published Friday, California state Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, introduced SB 461, a bill he authored that works to extend the Cal Grant program so that it can offer financial aid for nine units of summer courses, or two summer terms.

California is in a college graduate deficit and will have one million too few graduates in 2030 if the current trend continues, according to Roth’s SB 461 fact sheet.

By Hannah Wiley, Sacramento Bee

THIRD TIME’S A CHARM?:

Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, and Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, reintroduced a bill on Friday that questions the Cadiz Water Project, which aims to sustainably combat evaporating water in the Mojave Desert.

By, John Brenneise, NewsRadio KFBK

California has not changed the Renter's Tax Credit in 40 years. In that time, rents across the state have tripled. Now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to give renters a break.

Senator Steve Glazer represents East Bay communities long-seen as an affordable alternative to San Francisco. He wants to make housing tax credits more equitable.