Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:46 AM PDT on August 4, 2020
- Rent is coming due, and time is running out to help (SF Chronicle)
- Transit systems brace for cuts; warnings from last recession (CityLab)
- SacRT gets some money for light rail improvements (Progressive Railroading)
- More on wider sidewalks in the Tenderloin (SF Examiner)
- Young people are really struggling, and very motivated to vote (Daily Democrat)
- Lobbyists object to allowing legislators to vote on bills remotely (Sacramento Observer)
- UC is increasing its police budgets (CalMatters)
- State policies make a big difference in residents’ life expectancy (LA Times)
- SoCalGas sues California because it won’t promote natural gas as a “clean fuel” (LA Times)
- California could use an action plan for that other crisis – climate change (SF Chronicle)
- The Census is tricky this time (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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