Today’s Headlines

8:52 AM PDT on August 28, 2015

San Diego's long-range plan will keep the region stuck in the past (San Diego Free Press)
California legislative leaders on the stump for climate change policies (Fresno Bee)
Oakland considers building affordable housing for teachers (Think Progress)
State audit finds Caltrans employees playing golf, sending personal emails on work time (SF Gate)
Redding: Caltrans to hold workshops on local sustainable transportation planning grants (Red Bluff Daily News)
Update: after charges of racial profiling, cops in Tampa cut total number of tickets issued to bicyclists (Tampa Bay Times)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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