Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:24 AM PDT on April 21, 2020

Federal relief bill is not enough to save transit (Transportation for America)
Transit workers are dying (Guardian)
Grocery store workers are essential, and unprotected (Reveal)
Lots of pressure to re-open businesses (LA Times)
Ventura County begins to loosen restrictions (LA Times)
San Luis Obispo wants to as well (San Luis Obispo.com)
San Diego wants to reopen parks (San Diego Union Tribune)
“Freedom to die” protests in San Diego (San Diego Union Tribune), Sacramento (CalMatters), and elsewhere in California (LA Times)
Shelter-in-place speeds up transportation projects (SF Chronicle)
Cops are reporting ridiculously high speeds by some drivers (Pew)
Paltry public transit prevents people from getting to jobs, services (Texas Observer)
Norway–a major oil exporter–is well on its way to meeting target of phasing out all in-country fossil fuel vehicles by 2025 (The Guardian)
Federal ban on evictions hasn’t stopped some landlords (ProPublica)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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