Today’s Headlines

8:54 AM PDT on September 14, 2020

Governor Newsom: "This is a climate damn emergency" (Capital Public Radio, CalMatters, SF Chronicle)
How climate change is fueling fires (LA Times)
And how the fires interact with the pandemic (NBC)
The 2020 Census, underfunded and rushed, may turn out to be useless - or worse (Route Fifty)
A single person is delaying eco-friendly projects in San Francisco in the midst of a climate crisis (SF Chronicle)
In the midst of tense protests, L.A. deputies arrest reporter (LA Times)
Politics and police unions stopped bill to hold bad cops accountable (LA Times)
Community services organization buying motels in Escondido for homeless housing (San Diego Union Tribune)
Turning an L.A. golf course into housing: Would politics allow it? (CityLab)
It's "Pedestrian Safety Month" so all the cities and towns remind pedestrians to be careful, now, cars can kill and maim! (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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