Today’s Headlines

8:54 AM PDT on October 31, 2018

Sacramento city council considers waiving fees for building affordable housing (Sacramento Bee)
Uber launches bike mobility “dashboard” (Smart Cities Dive)
Waymo will be allowed to test driverless cars in Santa Clara County (The Verge, SF Chronicle)
With money from landlords and realtors, CA is a battleground for rent control (LA Times)
Nonprofit sues to block dense housing near L.A.'s Expo Line (LA Times)
What's at stake with California's ballot propositions (Capitol Weekly)
For once, California matters a lot in the national election (LA Times)
Best way to fight climate change? An honest price on carbon (NY Times)
- and/or regulations (UPI)
Since 1970, humans have wiped out 60% of animal populations (Guardian)

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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