As the Legislature convenes for the final time this year, Nevada County’s Assembly representative, Brian Dahle, is hoping to have two of his bills passed before adjournment. That includes one that he says would help people who live in wooded areas and have been hit hard by the drought…

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Meanwhile, Assembly Republicans are renewing a push for their plan designed to upgrade roads, highways, and bridges around the state, with additional money coming from six existing funds. A special session on transportation priorities has been called by Governor Brown. But Dahle says the governor and legislative democrats want funding to come, partly, from new taxes. He says that would require some Republican votes, since tax proposals need two-thirds approval of the Legislature…

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The other bill Dahle says is crucial to his district would secure new PG and E contracts for three biomass plants, to keep them open. He says each plant, including one in Susanville, has given 60-day closure notices, which would result in layoffs of hundreds of employees.