Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:36 AM PST on November 8, 2017
- What’s behind all these pedestrian safety campaigns (TreeHugger)
- Proposed highway widening through redwoods once again in court (Courthouse News)
- Southwest Fresno may be on the upswing (KVPR)
- Pushing Bakersfield to reduce bicycle and pedestrian fatalities (KVPR)
- Brown, in Europe, calls for linking cap-and-trade (Capital Public Radio, LA Times)
- Election results could help expand cap-and-trade (Financial Times)
- Profile of Assemblymember Cervantes, a target of anti-tax crusaders (CalMatters)
- Here are the top-spending lobbyists in California (Sacramento Bee)
- Short term rentals now must pay hotel taxes in Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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