Editorial: California needs to do more than just throw money at climate change. It must act
For the second year in a row, California has been blessed with a massive budget surplus, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is again seeking to spend billions of those dollars responding to climate change. The $22 billion Newsom proposed last week is the largest investment in climate change in state history. Combined with funds from last year’s state climate spending package, it would provide California with a total of $37 billion for climate-related initiatives over a six-year period. … There is money to clean the electric grid, prevent wildfires, respond to the drought and protect coastal areas from rising sea levels…