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Redistricting could pair these rural ranchers with Marin voters – Calmatters
RCRC Chair and Modoc County Supervisor Geri Byrne was quoted in CalMatters discussing Prop 50. and its impacts on Modoc County. “It wasn’t conservative-liberal,” Supervisor Byrne said. “It was the urban-rural divide, and that’s what this whole Prop. 50 is about.”
Getting Lithium Right in California – Earthworks
Deep underground near the Salton Sea, in southern California’s Imperial Valley, lies one of the largest lithium deposits in the world. It has drawn the attention of clean tech entrepreneurs, climate activists, and politicians
Inyo County Hospital could close without emergency state funding – Calmatters
The financial crisis at Southern Inyo Healthcare District comes as rural hospitals nationwide face rising costs and federal Medicaid cuts.