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3:31 PM PDT on April 13, 2015

    • San Diego County rescinds Climate Action Plan after court rules in favor of Sierra Club suit (UT San Diego)
    • But sprawl still being planned there (UT San Diego)
    • California Republican Senators introduce state constitutional amendment on transportation taxes (Sierra Sun Times)
    • Ontario, Canada, to join the California-Quebec cap-and-trade program (EDF)
    • Caltrans accused of business as usual in Niles Canyon project (Contra Costa Times)
    • UCLA grades LA County on environmental performance: C+ (UCLA)
    • Three California projects win APA Planning Excellence Awards in Lake Tahoe, San Diego, and Santa Monica (American Planning Association)
    • 
It's not exactly news, but BART gets awfully crowded sometimes (SFGate)
    • Bicyclist struck by two cars; news report says he was "obeying traffic laws” and doesn't mention helmets (ABC)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF.

Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

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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