#DamienTalks 28: Melanie Curry on the Proposed State Budget

Damien and Melanie, from our Facebook profiles.
Damien and Melanie, from our Facebook profiles.

Welcome back to #DamienTalks! Today we’re broadcasting our first episode for 2016 on Streetsblog California (we posted a local episode on Streetsblog Los Angeles yesterday). Today, Damien Talks to the most familiar of faces and voices, SBCAL editor Melanie Curry. Anyone that missed last week’s report on Governor Brown’s proposed state budget must listen to this episode, as Curry breaks down how the proposal deals with transportation funding.

Fans of the popular Active Transportation Program might be disappointed, as will anyone expecting any dramatic results from the Paris Climate Change Talks last year.

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Thanks for listening. You can download the episode at the #DamienTalks homepage on Libsyn.

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