Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:51 AM PDT on September 19, 2019

Teen bike riders arrested in Porterville a “traffic hazard,” say police; residents say they used excessive force (KGET)
Lawyers doubt Trump has authority to revoke CA emissions waiver (KQED)
- White House should compromise with CA (Washington Post)
Forest carbon offsets won’t solve climate or save forests, say advocates (Common Dreams)
Governor signs A.B. 5 on employee classifications (LA Times, Sacramento Bee)
- Uber is already making changes around the country in response to pressure from California bill (Forbes)
High Speed Rail Authority chooses a northern CA “preferred route” (Sacramento Bee)
- Senator Beall working on a plan to raise funds for HSR through San Jose (Business Journals)
Blue Shield expands into transportation to access health care (Fierce Health Care)
Transform Fresno begins installing solar (ABC30)
Trump flies to SF, sees homeless, says he’ll cite for environmental violation (SF Chronicle, New York Times)
- Trump and California see different solutions to homelessness (NY Times)
Rising rents cause hardship for half of U.S. renters (UCLA Anderson Review)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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