Today’s Headlines
- Oil companies gave big money to Assemblymembers who opposed legislation to reduce gas use (San Jose Mercury News)
- How much money candidates are collecting, and from whom (Sacramento Bee)
- Ventura County urged to place transportation sales tax measure on ballot (VC Star)
- Mendocino, having spent most of its state transportation funds on Willits bypass, feels the pinch on local transportation projects (Willits News)
- Riverside: local leaders demand funding to fix roads (KESQ) (Valley News)
- Researchers respond to LA Times story about declining Metro ridership (METRANS blog)
- Streetcar in Santa Ana could change everything (OC Register)
- A year later, and neighbors of Exide plant are still waiting for cleanup (LA Times)
- Post-redevelopment survey of developers: analysis of results (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
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