Today’s Headlines

8:31 AM PDT on August 27, 2020

Senator Brian Jones, who resisted COVID safety measures, tests positive - shutting down CA Senate during crucial last week of voting (AP News)
California! Living sustainably and inclusively is necessary, not optional (NY Times)
If more people don't take climate change seriously, we can't do much about it (Medium)
These disasters aren't "natural," but the result of policy (New Yorker)
Two big decisions by California could help reduce fossil fuel use (Earth Justice)
Single-family zoning has ruled for a century (Voice of San Diego)
- One bill would loosen that grip (LA Times)
Also among CA bills under consideration: how to reform policing (AP)
California bill on scooter and bike-share amended (The Verge)
BART is pretty safe to ride (Berkeleyside)
Looking for solutions for transportation hub, San Jose receives multiple suggestions for personal transit systems (Patch)

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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