Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:28 AM PDT on October 20, 2016
- Making my city more bike friendly for $0 (Strong Towns)
- What state affordable housing funds will bring to Oakland (East Bay Times)
- Richmond activist takes on big oil (East Bay Times)
- Air Resources Board meets in Fresno to consider cap-and-trade’s future (Fresno Bee)
- Driverless car makers decry “unnecessary regulations” at CA DMV hearing (LA Times)
- Criminal background checks mandatory for TNC drivers starting January 1 (Littler)
- Oakland’s Measure KK seeks local money to fix streets (Oakland North) (Streetsblog SF)
- Why tunnel boring machines are named after women (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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