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PG&E Leaves Behind 100,000+ Felled Trees – NBC Bay Area
In response to widespread complaints, more than a dozen counties across Northern California have teamed up to urge PG&E finish its vegetation management efforts by removing the dead trees and flammable debris left by crews clearing power lines. More than a dozen fire-ravaged counties across Northern California are warning about the new fire threat posed by PG&E’s failure to remove more than 100,000 trees it cut during stepped-up efforts to ease the fire danger around its power lines.
The broadband objective: equitable expansion in Nevada County – The Union
On Tuesday February 28th, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) requirements passed down from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the county’s Broadband Project. The proposed program would expand access to broadband technology throughout unincorporated Nevada County and the incorporated communities of the City of Grass Valley, Nevada City and the Town of Truckee.
California Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Keep Rural Hospitals From Closing as They Work to Meet Seismic Compliance – MedCity News
Assembly Member Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) recently introduced legislation designed to keep California’s small and rural hospitals from closing as they work to meet seismic safety compliance requirements. The bill would require California’s Department of Health Care Access and Administration to provide grant funding to small and rural hospitals so they can achieve compliance amid times of severe financial distress.