Today’s Headlines

• CA approves new climate measures (NY Times)
• "Demand response" helps avert blackouts - with attention, we can easily conserve energy (Bloomberg)
  • Even with energy demand surging (Bloomberg)
• Electric vehicles are adding only a small amount of demand to the grid (Spectrum News)
• Other states consider adopting CA's ban on sales of new gas cars (Spectrum, PBS)
• CA approves SANDAG regional plan that includes local road user charge (The Coast News)
• Universal basic mobility is fundamental and necessary (CityFi)
• California to offer e-bike incentives (KPBS)
• E-bikes could be a "gateway" to more human-centered planning (Treehugger)
• Skepticism about potential tax break for being car-free (LAist)
• Generation gap over what a car means (NY Times)
• BART celebrates 50 years with swag, discounts, arcades (Mercury News)
• BART needs to work with changing commute schedules (SF Chronicle)
• BART extension to San Jose coming into focus (Planetizen)
• CA police killed nearly 1,000 people in 6 years (SF Chronicle)
• CA could allow vacant strip malls to be redeveloped as housing (Smart Cities Dive)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF