Today’s Headlines

• Advice for Oakland’s new DOT (Next City)
• Uber’s new website showing its traffic data “falls short of a commitment to transparency” (Washington Post)
• New state senator wants solar mandate (Courthouse News)
• Remember this: Oil companies push for a “well-designed” cap-and-trade program—but no other controls (Yahoo)
• New state rules make it easier to build in-law units in L.A. (Curbed)
• Game builders seek advice from transit planner Jarret Walker (Waypoint)
• Transportation Secretary appointee wants to use private financing for public infrastructure (Washington Post)
• Appointees to federal Transportation and Infrastructure Committee include California Reps Mark DeSaulnier (East County Today)  and Alan Lowenthal (Orange County Breeze)
• The reason your city has no money (Strong Towns)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF