Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:41 AM PDT on July 2, 2018
- LA Mayor checks out future rail route along Van Nuys Blvd by bus (Daily News)
- “Improved” road in Bakersfield encourages speeding, offers pedestrians a few paint stripes for safety (Bakersfield)
- What’s on the November ballot in California (Mercury News)
- “Much maligned” gas tax still has plenty of support (Daily Caller)
- New California traffic laws in effect (Pasadena Now)
- Efforts to revive LA River collide with a gentrifying city (Sierra Club)
- Ontario prepares to pull out of cap-and-trade system (Cal Matters)
- Developers threaten to sue Berkeley over SB 35 streamlining for affordable housing (Berkeleyside)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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