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8:18 AM PDT on June 28, 2016

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    • 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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Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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