Today’s Headlines

8:46 AM PST on December 16, 2020

We were warned: Hospitals are overwhelmed, staff is burning out (LA Times, San Diego Union Tribune)
High poverty neighborhoods are bearing the brunt of COVID (Kaiser Health News)
Richmond city council okays plan to build housing on a toxic site (SF Chronicle)
Cities have been building too much luxury housing [and not enough for everyone else] (Slate)
Marin water district proposes allowing e-bikes on Mt. Tam (Marin Independent Journal)
How T4America ranked DOT pick Buttigieg's transportation platform
Biden's pick for Energy Secretary is an expert on renewable sources (SF Chronicle)
CARB approves $28m for clean vehicle incentives (Green Car Congress)
Clean fuel standards are key for decarbonizing transportation (Union of Concerned Scientists)
How does a stock market trading futures in California water supplies affect Californians? (SF Chronicle)

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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