Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:11 AM PDT on June 23, 2021
- It’s time to decriminalize jaywalking (CalMatters)
- After slow-walking pedestrian access repairs for a bridge, city claims a new deadline will prevent real fixes (Santa Monica Daily Press)
- When planners do the old switcheroo from “it’s too early to say” to “it’s too late to do anything” (City Observatory)
- Some pandemic experiments become long-term solutions for SF transit (SF Examiner)
- But SF Mayor vetoes fare-free Muni (SF Chronicle)
- LAX to get a transit station (US News)
- LA County extends its eviction moratorium for a few months (LA Times)
- California still negotiating over whether to extend statewide eviction moratorium (CalMatters)
- And is hatching a plan to cover unpaid rent debt (NY Times)
- Assembly committee passes bill to help increase housing near transit (Courthouse News)
- U.S., including the Bay Area, is growing more segregated (SF Chronicle)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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