Today’s Headlines

9:06 AM PDT on April 27, 2017

SoCal Senator Josh Newman responds to recall effort (Sacramento Bee, LA Times)
Judge denies bid to block sale of bonds for high-speed rail (Sacramento Bee)
The historic significance of the transportation bill (SPUR)
- Another CA legislator tries to label transportation bill's side deals illegal (Bakersfield Now)
- Republican Senator bemoans newly raised gas taxes (Daily Bulletin)
Republicans decide to engage on details of cap and trade, rather than just fight it (LA Times)
How teen mob attacked passengers on BART (SF Chronicle)
- Eleven of the perps have been identified (SF Chronicle)
Upland City Council rescinds approval of a mixed-use development in downtown core (Daily Bulletin)
CA DMV finalizing rules on autonomous vehicles (Sacramento Bee)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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