Today’s Headlines

• Seven “Smart City” finalist made their pitch to the DOT (CityLab)
• UC Berkeley weighs in on San Francisco’s bid for Smart City grant (Daily Californian)
• Bay Area suburban residents look to rent control (New York Times)
• Sacramento’s now-empty railyards to become a dense “city within a city” (Sacramento Bee)
• As power plants get cleaner, transportation contributes a bigger portion of greenhouse gases (Vox)
• LA Times opines that cap-and-trade will “collapse”
• Cities can’t ignore freight (Regional Plan Association)
• Governor Brown’s plan would increase affordable housing (Sacramento Bee)
• It’s time for Oakland to grow (CityLab)
• Sprawl’s effect on well-being (City Commentary)
• How to build a bicycling culture…in Singapore (Channel News Asia)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF