Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:45 AM PDT on May 17, 2017
- SF Muni cable car used as stand-in for “coastal elites” in GOP attack ad (SF Gate)
- Cap and Trade:
- More on Chamber of Commerce joining appeal against it, while professing support for it: (LA Times, Capital Public Radio, Bond Buyer)
- A robust system is needed (Fox and Hounds)
- Brown calls for enabling legislation by June (Argus Media)
- CA clean fuels report finds 100% compliance (ARB press release)
- Tailpipe tests vastly underestimate diesel pollution (LA Daily News)
- Inside Apple’s new campus (Wired)
- …which includes amenities like a fitness center and medical/dental offices—but no child care (Slate)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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