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Today’s Headlines

8:51 AM PDT on October 19, 2020

    • Eliminate jaywalking laws - they don't make people safer, and they create other problems (CityLab)
    • A call to replace Assembly Transportation Committee chair: Asm Jim Frazier is an oil industry shill who blocks clean energy progress (CalMatters)
    • Santa Monica amends its Bike Action Plan to add more protected bike lanes (Santa Monica Daily Press)
    • Another reason to oppose Prop 22: It would weaken sexual harassment laws (YouTube)
    • Residents fight plans to install fences along coastal railroad tracks (LA Times)
    • Rediscover the joys of walking (The Guardian)
    • Police traffic stops and the killing of black men (LA Times)
    • Cruise plans to begin testing fully driverless cars in San Francisco soon (The Verge)
    • California's history with slavery and the push for reparations (SF Chronicle)
    • Suburbs are changing (NY Times)

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