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9:11 AM PDT on September 14, 2015

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A cartoon explains the legislative process. Image: KQED
    • Lawmakers send governor scaled-back climate change bill (Sacramento Bee)
    • Play-by-play of the last day of the California legislative session (LA Times)
    • ...with photos (LA Times)
    • Money and the fight to pass S.B. 350 (Sacramento Bee)
    • A cartoon explanation of the last-minute gut-and-amend process; see image at right (KQED)
    • California High Speed Rail Authority's proposes a concrete “nightmare” in Bakersfield (Systemic Failure)
    • Motor voter registration passes (LA Times)
    • The zeal of Jerry Brown (podcast) (KQED)
    • San Diego's North Park pretends it's bike-friendly, but it's not (San Diego Free Press)
    • Video: riding a bike at night in San Diego (Vimeo)
    • Chairbombing is a thing (CityLab)
    • More explanations of road diets (Urban Edge)

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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