Today’s Headlines
- Time is running out, and not because of war; because we're fucking up the planet (NY Times)
- Scientists despair at lack of attention to climate research (New York Times)
- War is not helping (Wired)
- Climate is connected, globally (LA Times)
- It takes way too long to get people into housing (ProPublica)
- California has to zone and plan for a lot more housing (The Real Deal)
- There's plenty of housing for cars: 2x as many parking spots as people in the Bay Area (SF Examiner)
- Buttigieg promises road-building fans they can do whatever they want with infrastructure money (Route Fifty)
- San Diego's suggested road user charge is not popular, and politicians capitalize on that (Time)
- Pelosi says there will be more federal aid for transit operations in the Bay Area (SF Chronicle)
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