The State Water Resources Control Board approved Resolution 2026-0033 in a unanimous vote Sept. 1, shifting specified administrative and enforcement responsibilities to the director of its groundwater-management office.
The item is listed on the governing board’s Sept. 22 action agenda, but the agenda does not detail proposed program or funding changes.
The commission voted 5-0 to grant PG&E a narrow capital-structure exemption tied to a DWR loan for Diablo Canyon costs and separately launched a rulemaking to revise utility general rate-case rules for the first time since 2007.
At the commission’s Sept. 17 voting meeting, local officials and residents pressed for more detail and an alternate route as CPUC said the project was still pre-application.
The unanimous vote locks in a proposed split of countywide sales-tax revenue if voters approve Measure G on Nov. 3, 2026.
The Sept. 15 agenda calls for a Sun Ridge Systems buy that would combine computer-aided dispatch and records management for the police department.
The council packet adds subdivision approvals for Ridge Estates units 1 and 2 and sets annexation hearings for nearby landscape-maintenance districts.
The State Personnel Board heard a union appeal alleging California Correctional Health Care Services kept relying on contractors for prison pharmacy and allied health work despite an earlier board order.
The board heard arguments over whether a positive marijuana test during the CDL process justified firing Jackson Lund before he obtained a Class A license or entered safety-sensitive work.
A Sept. 9 commission packet shows the agency poised to trim funding for a Mendocino Substation long-duration storage demo and reduce the project’s planned size.
The board approved the county’s 2026-27 spending plan after a public hearing, with Supervisors Vasquez and Fuhrer voting no.
The board voted 7-0 to keep emergency procurement authority in place while staff said debris removal and excavation were nearly finished and remaining tailrace buttress work should wrap up this week.
At its Sept. 9 business meeting, staff asked commissioners to approve residential state certification tied to the 2025 Energy Code and a Dec. 30, 2026 federal filing deadline.
The California Energy Commission is moving to update its conflict-of-interest code to reflect agency reorganizations and add a new disclosure category for petroleum and transportation fuels work.
Business meeting materials say the code would meet federal residential standards and deliver large statewide energy and emissions savings over 30 years.
The board delayed action on a proposed three-year consulting agreement with the California Counties Foundation, sending it back for further research.
CPA says its new Electric Fleet Transition Program can help member agencies cover vehicles, charging equipment, interconnection and technical assistance as local governments work toward fleet electrification.
The commission adopted its annual AB 209 report on Sept. 9 and directed staff to finalize it, send it to the Legislature and post it publicly.
If approved, the agreement would guarantee the city at least $750,000 a year for two fiscal years if voters pass the countywide sales tax measure.
The Sept. 2 vote accepts a five-year grant to rehabilitate Live Oak Pool and support related programming and staff services.
The commission approved the 2025 report at its Sept. 9 business meeting and directed staff to send it to the Legislature and post it publicly.
The Sept. 15 agenda asks directors to keep emergency contracting authority in place while repair work continues on the Colgate Penstock incident.
Commission materials say California must certify by Dec. 30 that the code meets or exceeds the 2024 IECC for residential buildings.
Sept. 9 meeting materials link a residential certification finding, CBECC 2025.3.0 and an ACM manual update, all tied to California’s 2025 Energy Code.
