Today’s Headlines
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8:18 AM PDT on June 28, 2016

- Governor Brown proposes major overhaul of state Public Utilities Commission (LA Times) (SF Chronicle)
- which would shift oversight of Uber, Lyft etc to California State Transportation Agency (SF Gate)
- Facebook expansion in Santa Clara has people nervous about traffic and housing (Mercury News)
- Anaheim streetcar hits a bump (Orange County Register)
- San Diego transportation sales tax measure will bring a major ballot campaign (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Data show complex picture of traffic into and out of Marin (Marin Independent Journal)
- Small businesses are learning to love bike lanes (Globe and Mail)
- Low auction results strengthen legal case for cap and trade (Capitol Weekly)
- Climate change policy is more than just pricing carbon (Vox)
- It’s still legal to use a phone for some things while driving—but a new bill would change that (Sacramento Bee)
- Learning to tax travel, not gas (Washington Post)
- Google’s owner Alphabet has plans with Columbus, Ohio, winner of federal Smart City challenge (Guardian)
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