Today’s Headlines

8:30 AM PDT on March 27, 2020

The fox is in the henhouse
- EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws, using coronavirus as an excuse. (The Hill, New York Times)
- Big real estate, special interests get bonuses in stimulus package's fine print (NY Times, LA Times)
Kern residents sue San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District for exempting local oil refineries from measuring emissions (Bakersfield.com)
Uber sues to keep the data it collects out of the hands of its regulators (LA Times)
CPUC approves weak target for reducing power-plant emissions (LA Times)
CA virus cases are ramping up (LA Times)
As ridership plummets, BART considers more service cuts (SF Chronicle)
Health officials say enforcement of lockdowns is necessary (Capitol Weekly)
List of jobs that are considered "essential" (My Motherlode)
Construction industry stays open (CapRadio)
L.A. County issues new quarantine order (LA Times)
Falling demand means the world will soon run out of space to store oil being produced (Transport Topics)
How do you shelter at home when you have no home? (New Yorker)

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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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