Daily Green

Happy Friday, all. In today's news and opinions:

• California Redistricting Commission releases first drafts of Assembly, Senate, and Congressional maps;
• No deal in place, but California legislators to begin voting on budget;
• San Bernardino Rail Yard, Mono Lake, Hetch Hetchy, Niles Canyon, Mattel, and much more.

Redistricting

[Editor's note: The California Citizens Redistricting Commission released the first draft of the state's new district maps today; view them at http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/maps-first-drafts.html.]

Sacramento Bee (Capitol Alert blog) 6/10/11
Maps analyze party registration for draft Senate, Assembly lines
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/california-redistricting-draft-assembly-senatearty-registratio.html

Sacramento Bee (Capitol Alert blog) 6/10/11
State Senate maps increase competitive seats
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/steinberg-wolk-share-district.html

Los Angeles Times/PolitiCal 6/10/11
Redistricting: Maps making waves in Sacramento
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/06/redistricting-new-maps-.html

Los Angeles Times 6/10/11
California redistricting: More seats may be up for grabs
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-california-redistricting-seats-20110610,0,3217076.story

Los Angeles Times 6/10/11
Redistricting plan shakes up California congressional map
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-california-redistrict-20110610,0,6195026.story

Sacramento Bee (Capitol Alert blog) 6/10/11
Three Sacramento-area Assembly Democrats land in same district
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/three-sacramento-area-assembly.html

Los Angeles Times 6/10/11
Editorial: Make way for redistricting in California
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-redistricting-20110610,0,249654.story

Capitol Weekly 6/9/11
Election 2012: On the trail of the moderates
http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=zrnesj5g5ft5tk&xid=zrica7mhuip6qx

Capitol Weekly 6/9/11
Opinion: Redistricting is turning the heat up on Latinos, other minorities
http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=zrnesj5g5ft5tk&xid=zrid02xmkxxcfb

Calbuzz 6/10/11
How New District Maps Could Affect the State Budget
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/06/how-new-district-maps-could-affect-the-state-budget/

California Environmental News

Los Angeles Times 6/10/11
Air-quality regulators to study health effects of San Bernardino Rail Yard
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-air-quality-20110609,0,5176143.story

California Watch 6/10/11
Mono Lake was saved, but now state park faces shutdown
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/mono-lake-was-saved-now-state-park-faces-shutdown-10741

San Francisco Chronicle, KQED Climate Watch 6/10/11
Hetch Hetchy relicensing needs study, group says
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/10/BAEE1JS2BU.DTL
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/06/10/an-assault-on-hetch-hetchy-dam-from-the-flank/

San Francisco Chronicle 6/10/11
Judge says Caltrans must halt Niles Canyon project
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/10/BA4I1JS53L.DTL

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 6/10/11
Pressured by Greenpeace, Mattel cuts off sub-supplier APP
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mattel-greenpeace-20110610,0,4085140.story

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 6/9/11
Mattel to investigate suppliers for links to rain forest destruction
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/06/mattel-packaging-rainforest-greenpeace-barbie-ken.html

Desert Sun 6/9/11
Study: Trucks, cars valley's big polluters
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110609/NEWS07/106090310/Study-Trucks-cars-valley-s-big-polluters

LA Weekly 6/9/11
Veggie-Powered Road Trip
http://www.laweekly.com/2011-06-09/news/veggie-powered-road-trip/

San Jose Mercury News 6/10/11
ESUHSD [solar] program with Chevron will generate $43 million in savings
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-jose-neighborhoods/ci_18238832

Orange County Register (OC Watchdog blog) 6/9/11
Nuclear plant's relicensing enters Twilight Zone
http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2011/06/09/nuclear-plants-relicensing-enters-twilight-zone/84843/

State Politics

Multiple Sources 6/10/11
California lawmakers to begin voting on state budget
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/10/3690364/no-deal-but-california-lawmakers.html
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/10/3690199/dan-walters-here-comes-the-california.html
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_18241943

Capitol Weekly 6/9/11
Capitol staffers prefer traditional means of communications
http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=zrnesj5g5ft5tk&xid=zricrr87e4haix

KQED-FM 6/9/11
Jerry Brown on Budget, Polarized Political Culture, and 'Tiny Number of Minds' Who Understand the Process (audio)
http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2011/06/09/audio-jerry-brown-interview-on-budget-negotiation/

National and International News

Los Angeles Times 6/10/11
Germany says vegetable sprouts caused deadly E. coli outbreak
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-germany-ecoli-20110611,0,7626446.story

Huffington Post 6/9/11
Federal Fracking Panel Heavy With Industry Influence, Critics Charge
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/09/fracking-panel-challenge_n_874251.html

Reuters 6/10/11
Groups Sue Obama Administration Over Drilling Approval
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/62286

Reuters 6/9/11
Judge Upholds Environmentalist Lawsuit Against Exxon
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/62282

Center for Public Integrity 6/8/11
EPA agrees to reveal secret identities of potentially risky chemicals
http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/06/08/4852/epa-agrees-reveal-secret-identities-potentially-risky-chemicals-0

New York Times Green blog 6/9/11
Americans Still Split on Global Warming, Poll Shows
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/americans-still-split-on-global-warming-poll-shows/

Democracy Now 6/10/11
Japan Admits 3 Nuclear Meltdowns, More Radiation Leaked into Sea; U.S. Nuclear Waste Poses Deadly Risks
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/10/as_japan_nuclear_crisis_worsens_citizen

Grist 6/9/11
Mark Ruffalo wants you to stand up against hydrofracking
http://www.grist.org/natural-gas/2011-06-09-mark-ruffalo-wants-you-to-stand-up-against-hydrofracking

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