Today’s Headlines

8:31 AM PST on February 20, 2020

New state bill inspired by Moms4Housing would reduce empty homes, protect tenants (SF Chronicle)
Trump is a comedian, bashing high speed rail and CA policies on water, homelessness for laughs (Politico, LA Times)
Study: People in Los Angeles believe they are safer in cars than on transit, but they're not (USC)
LA considers its own housing bill that would increase density only in areas already zoned for density (LA Times)
L.A. Metro's system revamp may eliminate limited stop lines (Curbed)
Video: End the silence on traffic violence (Families for Safe Streets)
The transportation plans of presidential candidates (Transportation 4 America)
Trump rhetoric vs reality on transportation spending (CityLab)
Vicious cycle: As houses became expensive investments, homeowners fought new development to protect their investment (Time)
Rich cities are getting richer, but not bigger (NY Times)

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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