Today’s Headlines

• Asm. Transportation Committee Chair Frazier bows to the oil industry, and the rest of us suffer (CALmatters)
• Gas prices are high, not because of state policy or anything–due to “refinery work” (Sacramento Bee)
• Planners envision a greenway from Berkeley through Oakland, Emeryville, to the Bay (Berkeleyside)
• After wildfires, population in North Bay falls (Curbed)
• High-speed rail in the Central Valley could help with Bay Area housing, job crisis (ABC)
• What does it mean to have healthy people and thriving communities? (NRDC)
• It takes everybody: community engagement is vital for building resilience (Governing)
• It should not take a year to get a building permit (Strong Towns)
• “We’re being mowed over”: grieving the death of a bike advocate (DCist)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF