Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:26 AM PST on February 11, 2022
- Highway expansions will worsen global warming (New York Times)
- Traffic engineers insist our main streets must be able to handle 30,000 cars a day. Who wants that! (Strong Towns)
- Mitch McConnell to governors: Just ignore what the feds say – do whatever you want with infrastructure money (Route Fifty)
- Community solar could be a middle way to get more solar energy in California (Canary Media)
- CA relies on thin evidence from industry-sponsored studies claiming oil wastewater is safe for food crop irrigation (Inside Climate News)
- SoCalGas faces fine for using customer money to block climate action – but claims “first amendment rights” (LA Times)
- California sues Tesla for racial discrimination (AP)
- COVID has taken a major toll on cities everywhere (Politico)
- Fresno’s new homeless rule makes it hard to help (CalMatters)
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