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By Melanie Curry

8:34 AM PDT on June 15, 2022

It’s hot, it’s flooding, it’s burning, it’s blowing hard (IPCC)
And the toxic algae is blooming (SF Chronicle)
States are making some progress on climate (League of Conservation Voters)
How many times per day does a car crash into a building? A lot (Slate)
SF Museums plan a ballot initiative to take away SF’s car-free streets (SF Examiner)
Sacramento RT ridership is up (KCRA)
Projects for 2028 Olympics could fuel a transit boom in LA (LA Times)
Company is developing giant drones to move people in and out of LAX (Mass Transit)
Self-driving tractors are coming (SF Chronicle)
EIR released for high-speed rail from San Jose to San Francisco – open for comment until August (Mass Transit)
LA City Council votes to outlaw bikes for homeless (Spectrum News, LA Times)
The long emergency of homelessness (NY Times)
Berkeley and San Francisco consider taxing vacant housing units (SF Chronicle)

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