https://www.muwekmaohlone.org/newsletter daily 0.75 2026-10-23 https://www.muwekmaohlone.org/newsletter/nhpa-senate-permitting-bill-s5653-section-106-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6966d03a810f3e310a5519cf/49a25c37-89ff-4578-a38b-dbed4ba53a20/01-us-capitol-senate-wing.jpg Newsletter - The Rewrite Moves to the Statute Books The Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol. A procedural vote to take up S. 5653 is scheduled for Nov. 9. Photo: Architect of the Capitol / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6966d03a810f3e310a5519cf/13eb2720-14dd-421e-80c9-3d8fc61b864b/02-coyote-hills-sunset.jpg Newsletter - The Rewrite Moves to the Statute Books Transmission towers on the Coyote Hills skyline in Fremont. Much of S. 5653 concerns the electric grid; one title rewrites Section 106. 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