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Good morning! Streetsblog California will be taking a break today and Monday. Meanwhile:

    • It's almost Earth Day. We haven't made a lot of progress in the right direction (IPCC)
    • High gas prices won't save the planet (Grist)
    • What??!? People still support "beleaguered" high speed rail??!!? Naysayers are SHOCKED (Mercury News)
    • Del Mar sues transit district to stop fence along coastal bluffs (San Diego Union Tribune)
    • Looking for ways to use electric buses as emergency power generators (Mass Transit)
    • SF debates tenant unions (Capital & Main)
    • Corporations pay far less than their fair share of taxes (California Budget & Policy Center)

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