California News

Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) has purchased an additional 2,284 acres of the historic Sargent Ranch property, originally named Rancho Juristac. To date, POST has protected 6,114 acres of the 6,500-acre ranch that is home to multiple at-risk species and provides vital habitat and connectivity for wildlife across the region. This land forms the core of the Juristac Tribal Cultural Landscape, an area held sacred by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.

Big Oil pumped $34 million into influencing lawmakers in Sacramento in 2025, allowing fossil fuel corporations to stonewall and roll back health and climate policy. Chevron and the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) are not only the biggest spenders in the fossil fuel industry, but have been the top spenders on overall lobbying most years. Chevron was among those pushing back against bills like the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act.

California is one of the largest factory farming states in the nation. Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) has published an interactive map and database of the 1300+ largest factory farms in California, sharing exactly where the operations are, how many animals they confine, their greenhouse gas emissions, and the consumer brands they supply. DxE hopes this new resource will build further public support to phase out factory farming in the state.

On March 28, in over 3,000 cities in the US and around the world, millions of people protested the erosion of democracy, anti-immigrant belligerence, and the war against Iran. It was the third "No Kings Day" protest, following the previous two in 2025. Demonstrators demanded "No Kings, No ICE, No War." The No Kings call to action declared that "power belongs to the people — not to wannabe kings or their billionaire cronies."

On December 31, 2025, a small group of comrades converged at the California City Correctional Facility (CAC) in the Mojave Desert "to demonstrate love for our gente—the migrant captives—and opposition towards the deportation regime." In an anonymous report back, they write, "Operated by CoreCivic, CAC is like most prisons: a facility deliberately situated in the middle of nowhere to maroon. It is yet another instance in the architecture of disappearance ..."

On January 30, students and workers across the Bay Area walked out and met at Dolores Park in San Francisco and Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland. Arab Resource and Organizing Center wrote, "We support the call from Minnesota-based Somali and other student organizations... join the national day of action to say ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE! Now is the decisive moment. The Minnesota General Strike has opened a historic opening."

A revolutionary student writes, "On January 20th students across Nevada County walked out to protest the fascist federal government, and its supporters in the school board. Building on the walkouts from last year, students self organized walkouts from at least six schools in Nevada County, convening in downtown Grass Valley. Despite attempts by liberal elements to co-opt the movement, the students stood fast in their revolutionary intent."

On January 20, Women’s March coordinated a day of action which declared, "We will walk out of work, school, and commerce because a Free America begins the moment we stop cooperating with fascism. One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: ICE raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, families torn apart, attacks on our trans siblings, mass surveillance, and terror used to keep us silent."

On December 17, activists with the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) rallied at Governor Gavin Newsom’s office, urging him to pardon jailed animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg and ensure her immediate release. Ms. Rosenberg, a UC Berkeley student and animal cruelty investigator with DxE, was convicted of felony conspiracy and sentenced to 90 days in jail for rescuing four sick chickens from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse.

On December 16, over 100 people from Bay Area faith communities shut down ICE’s San Francisco Field Office at 630 Sansome Street, chaining themselves across the two main entrances to stop ICE from kidnapping community members at their immigration check-ins. 630 Sansome also serves as ICE’s regional headquarters. Between Jan. 20 and June 26, 2,123 people were kidnapped by ICE in what they call the San Francisco "Area of Responsibility."

CrimethInc., subMedia and the Coordinadora Anarquista Tejiendo Libertad have prepared MERCENARIES, a video and poster campaign to counter ICE recruitment. They ask, "Please help us circulate these everywhere that people are at risk ... While Trump’s henchmen falsely claim that ICE is targeting 'criminals,' the real wrongdoers are those who are willing to do harm to their neighbors in return for a bribe."