Today’s Headlines

• Skateboards are essential transport (Patch)
• California sues Uber and Lyft: A.B. 5 does apply, says state (LA Times, NY Times)
• CARB updates rules on transitioning trucks to zero-emission (Transport Topics)
• “A mistake”: Despite risk, counties move towards reopening businesses:
  • Yuba and Sutter counties (AP)
  • Restaurants in Bakersfield (Bakersfield.com)
  • And Napa (SF Chronicle)
• Not everyone is on board (Route Fifty)
• Health officials: Lifting stay-at-home orders too soon would be deadly (LA Times)
• What does Sacramento’s stay-at-home order mean, exactly? (Capitol Public Radio)
• Order for ICE to release detainees to protect them from COVID is overruled (LA Times)
• It seems logical but no: Density is not the problem, and planners need to get that message across (California Planning and Development Report)
• Cities take advantage of low traffic to work on streets (The Atlantic)
• In New York, cops enforce social distancing according to skin color (Guardian)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF