Today’s Headlines

8:08 AM PDT on May 27, 2016

Streetsblog won't be publishing on Monday in honor of Memorial Day. Have a great weekend.

Not a joke: California Board of Equalization celebrates rising sales of gas as a “win” (Press Enterprise)
Demand for cap-and-trade pollution credits falls (KQED)
Cap-and-trade auction shows resilience (Environmental Defense Fund)
Kings County won't appeal its High Speed Rail lawsuit (OC Register)
Kempton: No, dude, California transportation really does need more money (Fox and Hounds)
Wow! Google funds resurfacing of four miles of bike trail (Mercury News)
California Transportation Foundation awards Ventura beach bike path Bike Ped Project of the Year (Ventura County Star)
Video: Senator Cannella officially declares May is Bike Month (Vimeo)
San Luis Obispo county will put transportation sales tax on ballot (New Times SLO)
California's latest affordable housing proposal is a hot mess (City Commentary)
AirBnB money buys a politician or three (SF Examiner)
Comments sought on Plan Bay Area (Independent News)
Podcast: Can't ride it if they stole it (Bicycle Story)

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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