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Born into a family of activists, Laura Solorio has been engaged since she can remember.
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Born into a family of activists, Laura Solorio has been engaged since she can remember.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jul 3, 2025

“When you are in the community and people know what you represent and what you support, they just call you”…

Here are some of the laws our local legislators authored last year. As for their impact, time will tell.
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Here are some of the laws our local legislators authored last year. As for their impact, time will tell.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jan 2, 2025

On Dec. 2, California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, addressed his fellow Assembly members, informing them of a new rule he was i…

Gov. Newsom signs AB 3233 into law, giving authority to local jurisdictions over oil and gas.
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Gov. Newsom signs AB 3233 into law, giving authority to local jurisdictions over oil and gas.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Sep 25, 2024

Victory for members of Protect Monterey County, the architects of Measure Z that voters passed in 2016, came slowly. But it came today, eight …

The state Court of Appeal upholds a local trial court decision – Measure Z cannot stand.
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The state Court of Appeal upholds a local trial court decision – Measure Z cannot stand.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 14, 2021

It’s been a long road that began back in March 2015, when the county Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 against a moratorium on fracking in the co…

A state appeals court hears arguments about whether state law preempts voter-approved Measure Z.
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A state appeals court hears arguments about whether state law preempts voter-approved Measure Z.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 1, 2021

Almost five years after 56-percent of Monterey County voters approved Measure Z, a 2016 county ballot initiative that sought to ban fracking, …

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