Today’s Headlines

8:27 AM PST on December 5, 2018

The lingering, widespread health problems from wildfire smoke (Reveal)
CA's 3-foot-passing law is rarely enforced (LAist)
Federal autonomous vehicle bill gets last-minute push in lame-duck Congress (The Verge)
Switching to electric vehicles could save billions, but timing is tricky (FutureStructure)
Victor Valley Transit orders new electric buses (Business Insider)
Sonora pedestrian project seeks public input (MyMotherLode)
To get people to drive less, a cultural shift is needed (Mobility Lab)
L.A. considers development at Tejon Ranch—fire risk is one consideration (LA Times)
SoCalGas ratepayers pay for lobbying against zero emission energy (CALmatters)
Sens. Beall and McGuire introduce a package of affordable housing bills (Lake County News)
Sen. Weiner proposes a right-to-shelter bill (SF Chronicle)
Initiative to kill high-speed rail faces an uphill battle (CNBC)

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Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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