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May is almost over, and so is Streetsblog California's virtual walkathon/bikeathon fundraiser, proceeds from which will split be with California food banks. Do you appreciate our work? We need your help. Donate here. Share a pic, tag it #Walk4Streetsblog or #Bike4Streetsblog.

By Melanie Curry

8:40 AM PDT on May 29, 2020

May is almost over, and so is Streetsblog California’s virtual walkathon/bikeathon fundraiser, proceeds from which will split be with California food banks. Do you appreciate our work? We need your help. Donate here. Share a pic, tag it #Walk4Streetsblog or #Bike4Streetsblog.

Watch and share: Vox connects the dots between environmental degradation, housing segregation, black populations, and COVID outcomes
High speed rail project is getting beat up by CA legislature (Courthouse News)
CA Senate’s proposed budget differs significantly from the Governor’s (KCRA)
Environmental protection is not the governor’s priority (SF Chronicle)
- This video shows why it should be
Some counties are wary of reopening businesses as COVID cases keep rising (CalMatters, SF Chronicle)
- People in general are worried (LA Times)
- Sonoma County’s sheriff thinks he knows better than the health department (SF Chronicle)
- Maybe he should watch this Vox video
For many Californians, information is hard to get (CalMatters)
If we ignore the past, the economic recovery will just repeat its mistakes on equity (CalMatters)
- Like the mistakes spelled out in this Vox video
Cap-and-trade auction shows unsurprising decline in revenue (KQED)
University of California (finally) fully divests from fossil fuels (LA Times)