Athens, Greece…Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very much. Please, please have a seat. Thank you. (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: Chicago! PRESIDENT OBAMA: Chicago — (laughter.) Hello, Greece! (Applause.) Yia sas! Kalispera! To the government and the people of Greece — including Prime Minister Tsipras, who I thank for his partnership and for […]
Monterey, CA…A new State law requires all California jurisdictions to allow accessory dwelling units in residential zoning districts. The law becomes effective January 1, 2017. Therefore, the City’s current prohibition of “Second Units” in the Single-Family Zoning District will expire on January 1, 2017. The City’s Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on the […]
Santa Cruz, CA…The City Council, on October 25th, adopted a 45-day moratorium on establishing new residential vacation rentals in the City of Santa Cruz. As part of this action, the Council authorized the formation of a 10-member short-term rental/vacation rental working committee to be comprised of various community stakeholders which may include residents, neighborhood group […]
Sacramento, CA… Caltrans today announced the appointment of Ellen Greenberg as its new Deputy Director for Sustainability, who will oversee Caltrans’ continued efforts to shift and align its policies and practices to improve the environment, the economy and social equity for all Californians. Ellen Greenberg, FAICP“Ellen will be a valuable addition to the Caltrans Executive […]
Sacramento, CA…DRIVETHEARC, a corridor of electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations spanning from Monterey to Lake Tahoe, broke ground yesterday with a ribbon cutting ceremony in El Dorado Hills, Calif. A joint international project promoted by Japan’s largest public R&D management organization, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), under the agreement between […]
Seattle, WA…Washington state-based Alaska Airlines made history yesterday flying the first commercial flight using the world’s first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the limbs and branches that remain after the harvesting of managed forests. The alternative jet fuel was produced through the efforts of the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance […]
Washington, DC…The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that it is adding a sound requirement for all newly manufactured hybrid and electric light-duty vehicles to help protect pedestrians. The new federal safety standard will help pedestrians who are blind, have low vision, and other pedestrians detect the presence, direction […]
Washington, DC…The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. They died Nov. 12 of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Bagram, Afghanistan. The soldiers were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. […]
Sacramento, CA…This week, the California USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced the availability of $4 million in funding, through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), for tree mortality projects on private forestlands. Landowners on non-industrial private forestlands in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Riverside, San Bernardino, […]
Washington, DC…Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a statement that he was “deeply saddened” to learn that an explosion at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan just after 5:30 a.m. local time resulted in U.S. casualties. An apparent suicide bomber took the lives of two U.S. service members and two U.S. contractors working on the base, Carter […]
