Today’s Headlines

8:12 AM PDT on October 27, 2020

No power means no internet (SF Chronicle)
Now Orange County is in flames, threatening thousands of homes (LA Times)
A procrastinator's guide to the California election (Sacramento Bee)
Community Choice Aggregators in Bay Area and Central Coast launch EV-charging program (PR Newswire)
Court to rule on Bay Area voter-approved bridge toll hikes (Landline Media)
CPUC proposes ground rules for autonomous taxis (GovTech)
New Jersey could join CA in banning future gas-powered vehicle sales (Future Car)
What is the post-pandemic future of SlowStreets? (SF Gate)
The gas tax wasn't really working as a user fee, and the pandemic may have broken it (Smart Cities Dive)
Berkeley and Oakland working on an affordable housing policy that could help renters (CalMatters)
How people are struggling to pay rent, get by (Brookings)

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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