Air Quality

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2013/11/14/excloo-republican-neel-kashkari-edging-closer-to-2014-gov-run-on-the-issues/

http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-coachella-voting-20131021,0,4362240.story?track=rss#axzz2iOzVlp00

Food fraud is growing into a major crime, and, with the public's appetite for organics, it will only increase.  Manufacturers, processors and aggregators http://westernfarmpress.com/blog/one-honey-heist-rule-them-all?NL=WFP-01&Issue=WFP-01_20131001_WFP-01_61&[email protected]&YM_MID=1424946&sfvc4enews=42  

The 2013-14 State Budget is already under a serious strain -- a federal judge ordered 2,600 prison inmates moved from Central Valley institutions to other facilities in order to avoid Valley Fever.  This has a serious and lingering fiscal impact, with unbudgeted costs that could well extend for 2 fiscal years and consume tens of

Legislators may well be inquiring about water district governance.  See this piece written by an experienced Capitol journalist: http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_23610632/raid-state-sen-ron-calderons-offices-draws-attention?source=rss

Former San Joaquin Valley Congressman Richard Pombo, who chaired the House Natural Resource Committee, launches a SuperPAC as part of the Valley GOP's new operations. http://blogs.rollcall.com/moneyline/former-congressman-starts-super-pac/

Informative profile of Sen. Feinstein as a prototypical female public policy leader, includes her comments on climbing the California local political ladder. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/feinstein-nsas-top-congressional-defender-has-built-respect-over-decades-of-service/2013/06/25/69a5ec4e-dd17-11e2-9218-bc2ac7cd44e2_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage

Salon published this book excerpt, illustrating the emerging foodie message that all bioengineering and applied technology is bad. http://www.salon.com/2013/07/20/thats_not_natural_or_organic_how_big_food_misleads/singleton/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/business/food-corporations-turn-to-chefs-in-a-quest-for-healthy-flavor.html

The National Geographic chronicles the problems of green energy in the brown environment. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/07/130725-obama-renewable-energy-plan-public-lands/