Today’s Headlines

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)

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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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