Gov. Gavin Newsom stood in the smoke of Sequoia National Park on Thursday to discuss the $15 billion California is spending on climate resilience.

California lawmakers allocated $2.7 billion for ZEVs in the 2021-2022 state budget this summer and designated $1.2 million more in the next two years.

Washington’s climate change bills will not go into effect until the legislature passes a transportation budget. No one is quite sure when that will be.