Talia Yohai 10/21/26 Talia Yohai 10/21/26

California Enacts Landmark Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Law, Advancing Safer Hydrogen Infrastructure

VX News here republishes a press release from H2C Safety Pipe, Inc. on Governor Newsom’s signing of SB 804, the Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Act. Co-authored by Senator Bob Archuleta and Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, the bill passed both chambers unanimously. It sets hydrogen-specific standards for leakage, material compatibility, and continuous monitoring, and places oversight of non-CPUC hydrogen pipelines under the State Fire Marshal. Read the release below.

Talia Yohai 10/21/26 Talia Yohai 10/21/26

CA Governors’ Newsom & Schwarzenegger Revisit & Celebrate AB 32: the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

VX News here features a conversation between California Forward’s Kate Gordon, former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Governor Gavin Newsom, marking the 20th anniversary of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Speaking at [event name, Long Beach, date], the two governors revisit the bipartisan origins of the landmark law, including Schwarzenegger’s legal fight against the Bush administration and EPA over California’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. They also make the case that AB 32’s economy-wide architecture has decoupled emissions from growth. Newsom details the program’s evolution into cap-and-invest, now extended to 2045 in statute.

Talia Yohai 10/14/26 Talia Yohai 10/14/26

Wade Crowfoot & Newsom on 30x30: “This Is Not an Intellectual Exercise”

VX News here features a conversation between California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot and Governor Gavin Newsom, with 100 days left in his term, at the 30x30 Partnership 2026 Summit, held September 29 under Renzo Piano’s living roof at the California Academy of Sciences.

Talia Yohai 9/30/26 Talia Yohai 9/30/26

Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?

Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 877 and SB 878, two insurance-claims bills by Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) sponsored by Every Fire Survivors Network and Consumer Watchdog. The bills would have required insurers to show policyholders how claim payments are calculated and imposed deadlines, with penalties, for paying claims. Nearly two years after the Eaton and Palisades fires, many survivors are still working through claims disputes. The vetoes show that California's post-disaster insurance reform remains a negotiation among the Department of Insurance, the carriers and an organized survivor constituency, and it is now likely to fall to the next governor. VX News shares CalMatters reporter Levi Sumagaysay's account of the vetoes and the response from legislators and advocates.

Dana Choi 10/1/25 Dana Choi 10/1/25

David Nahai: Water Contamination, Climate Resilience, and Regional Leadership

Recently reappointed by Governor Gavin Newsom and confirmed by the California Senate, David Nahai is serving a fifth term as Chair of the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. In conversation with VX News, Nahai outlines the Board’s top priorities amid recent and converging climate threats, including wastewater recycling, stormwater capture, aquifer remediation, and a more integrated embrace of the One Water framework.

Guest User 6/13/25 Guest User 6/13/25

California Asserts Authority to Regulate Vehicle Emissions Standards

VX News shares the overview of the legal complaint filed against the federal government by CA Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of 10 state attorneys general challenging the legislative procedures used to overturn the state’s Clean Air Act waivers, as well as the Executive Order issued by Governor Newsom affirming the state’s commitment to accelerating zero-emission vehicle technologies and directing CARB to begin developing an Advanced Clean Cars III regulation that continues furthers the state’s clean air objectives.

Guest User 6/3/25 Guest User 6/3/25

Newsom Admin Responds to US Senate Vote to Overturn California's Clean Car & Truck Rules

VX News excerpts the response from CARB Chair Liane Randolph, CA Attorney General Rob Bonta, and CA Governor Gavin Newsom who vow litigation to uphold the state's nation-leading clean air rules and underscore the economic advantages of advancing zero-emissions vehicles as global markets press forward on decarbonizing transportation.