Today’s Headlines

8:27 AM PDT on July 20, 2020

Strike for Black Lives today (LA Times)
Housing crisis for Black people is getting worse (LA Times)
We're taking essential workers for granted (SF Chronicle)
SF Supervisors want to control funds from a ballot measure for Caltrain (SF Chronicle)
Facebook abets misinformation about climate (Heated)
Court blocks Trump challenge to cap-and-trade (Times of San Diego, EcoWatch)
States get together to jump-start transition to electric trucks and buses (KTLA)
Air conditioning systems need to be cleaner - they produce too many GHGs (Gizmodo)
CARB to (slightly) dial back requirements for Uber, Lyft to go electric (KQED)
City of Imperial approves grant application to fund enhanced crosswalks (The Desert Review)

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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