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		<title>Is High Speed Rail on Track Approaching a Fork in the Road?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PCL Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Speed Rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-Speed Rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California High Speed Rail Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislative Analyst’s Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State Auditor Elaine Howle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[$98 Billion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[$100 billion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increasingly risky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, California State Auditor Elaine Howle indicated that the financing for high speed rail, California’s most expensive infrastructure project ever, was “incredibly risky”, adding that the oversight for this massive project was lacking. Responding to such criticisms, the California High Speed Rail Authority (Authority) was tasked with drafting another business plan that took a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=1005&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">David Maurier</media:title>
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		<title>January 28th Symposium Awards Focuses on Legislative Leadership</title>
		<link>http://pclgreenroots.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/january-28th-symposium-awards-focuses-on-legislative-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PCL Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assemblymember Jared Huffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assemblymember Jerry Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCL Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning and Conservation League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Kevin de León]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Register now to join with the Planning and Conservation League and PCL Foundation as we celebrate three great leaders in the California Legislature.  During an Awards Luncheon at our Annual Environmental Legislative Symposium, we will honor Senator Kevin de León, Assemblymember Jerry Hill and Assemblymember Jared Huffman. The awards will be presented because of their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=1001&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State Controller John Chiang to Keynote January 28th Environmental Legislative Symposium</title>
		<link>http://pclgreenroots.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/state-controller-john-chiang-to-keynote-january-28th-environmental-legislative-symposium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PCL Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Chiang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keynote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCL Legislative Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCLF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning and Conservation League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Controller]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Planning and Conservation League and PCL Foundation are pleased to announce the 2012 Symposium keynote is State Controller John Chiang. John Chiang was first elected in November 2006 to serve as Controller of the State of California, the ninth-largest economy in the world.  He was elected to serve a second term in November 2010. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=999&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Environmental Protection Fares in Governor’s Budget</title>
		<link>http://pclgreenroots.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/how-environmental-protection-fares-in-governors-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>evonchambers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Speed Rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Use & CEQA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brown administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california high speed rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delta conveyance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax extensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trigger cuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, due to a technical glitch, the Brown Administration unintentionally released the Governor’s proposed budget a few days earlier than expected. Through $10.3 billion in cuts and increased revenues, the proposed budget would close a $9.2 billion deficit, compared to last year&#8217;s $26 billion gap, and build a $1.1 billion reserve. The most severe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=997&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CA’s Water and Food Future to be Discussed at PCL’s Upcoming Environmental Symposium</title>
		<link>http://pclgreenroots.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/cas-water-and-food-future-to-be-discussed-at-pcls-upcoming-environmental-symposium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PCL Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annual Environmental Legislative Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCL Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCLF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning and Conservatin League Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning and Conservation League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Register]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California is a national leader in food production, but there is mounting concern about the costs, land conversion, and water shortages.  At the same time, significant questions have come up about the role of water in the more developed regions of the state. Two panels at PCL’s annual Environmental Symposium (link) &#8211; one focused on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=995&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">David Maurier</media:title>
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		<title>Legislature Reconvenes to Face Major Challenges in 2012</title>
		<link>http://pclgreenroots.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/legislature-reconvenes-to-face-major-challenges-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>evonchambers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-Speed Rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bag Ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Styrofoam Ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Bond]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the beginning of the New Year, the Legislature reconvenes today to tackle California’s projected budget deficit of nearly $13 billion (through June 2013), 2011 legislation that was rolled over to the second year of this two-year legislative session, as well as new bills that will be introduced this session. For environment protection, this means [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=991&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using Military Expertise to Help Take Down the San Clemente Dam?</title>
		<link>http://pclgreenroots.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/using-military-expertise-to-help-take-down-the-san-clemente-dam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>evonchambers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assistant Secretary of the Army of Civil Works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dam Removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Woodly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public-private partnership. public safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Clemente Dam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watershed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, John Woodly, the former Assistant Secretary of the Army of Civil Works, wrote an article citing previous Administrations’ efforts to utilize unique government expertise in public and private sector projects. Specifically, he highlighted a dam removal project in North Carolina as an example of a collaborative effort that brought together civilian biologists and engineers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=988&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Symposium Panels Highlight Road and Rail Progress and Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PCL Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-Speed Rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCL Annual Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCL Legislative Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCLF Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB 375]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart growth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, legislation and voter-approved bonds have changed the way California addresses transportation and land-use planning.  In 2008, the Legislature passed SB 375, which focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles travelled through the adoption of regional Sustainable Communities Strategies. That same year, voters approved nearly $10 billion in funding for High [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=986&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Rules Against High Speed Rail for Second Time</title>
		<link>http://pclgreenroots.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/judge-rules-against-high-speed-rail-for-second-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PCL Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Speed Rail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the second time, a California court has invalidating the Environmental Impact Report for the Central Valley to Bay Area section of the California High-Speed Rail project, and required the High Speed Rail Authority to rescind its approvals selecting the Pacheco Pass alignment. Finding in favor of the Town of Atherton, and the cities of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=984&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Assemblymember Gordon to Hold Hearing in Palo Alto</title>
		<link>http://pclgreenroots.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/assemblymember-gordon-to-hold-hearing-in-palo-alto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PCL Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High Speed Rail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of the Superior Court’s November 10th decision addressed above, Assemblymember Rich Gordon (D-Redwood City) will be leading a hearing and public discussion on High Speed Rail in California tomorrow, Tuesday November 15th. The focus of this hearing will be to address the newly released Draft Business Plan, allowing for public input and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pclgreenroots.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10811548&amp;post=981&amp;subd=pclgreenroots&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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