Today’s Headlines

• 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)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF