Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:33 AM PDT on June 28, 2018

National Republicans see a chance to influence California election by fighting gas tax… (SF Chronicle)
- …which is helping fund bridge replacements (Sacramento Bee)
- …and dozens of road improvement projects in Orange County (MyNewsLA)
Study: Police and journalists do a poor job documenting and reporting pedestrian deaths (Nashville Public Radio)
Why the Bay Area lost its lawsuit against oil companies (Grist)
Cap-and-trade revenues to go for ZEV rebates, fighting forest fires (Capital Public Radio)
SF housing projects to get $29 million from cap-and-trade (NextCity)
What a “Green New Deal” might entail now (Huffington Post)
Cities experiment with Basic Income (Guardian)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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