Today’s Headlines

8:45 AM PDT on October 2, 2020

Mask-deriding president allegedly tests positive for COVID (NY Times)
New bridge opens in Long Beach, but not the bike/pedestrian path on it (Long Beach Post)
The Wifi Bus connects internet and transit (San Jose Spotlight)
Implications of the split-roll property tax reform proposed in Prop 15 (Urban Institute)
Overdue rent is piling up, more assistance needed (Route Fifty)
Rents in the Bay Area are going down (SF Chronicle)
California says counties must reduce COVID in the most vulnerable, hard-hit areas before they can open (LA Times)
Santa Cruz County's fire has worsened its already-serious housing shortage (SF Chronicle)
ICE is preparing raids in sanctuary cities (Washington Post)

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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