Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara co-sponsored Assembly Bill 2002 that will provide oversight on California Coastal Commission lobbying. This bill was in response to the frustration legislatures felt over the recent firing of the Commission's executive director Charles Lester. Read more in-depth in this Sacramento Bee article.
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.