Today’s Headlines

• Fourteen new state laws that take effect in January, including pedestrian safety laws (SF Chronicle)
• How to be an advocate: a profile of Dave Campbell (Oaklandside)
• Ikea to deploy solar powered e-bikes for home deliveries (Ikea)
• LA Times gets lots of input on the question: Should public transit be free?
• LA-Las Vegas high speed rail could break ground next year (Planetizen)
• LA Metro approves light rail from East LA to Montebello (Mass Transit)
• Ranking the best cities for transit (Planetizen)
• CA legislature introduces bill to penalize oil companies for price gouging (Sacramento Bee, Spectrum News)
• Air regulators say federal EPA needs to act if LA is to meet clean air standards (LA Times)
• CPUC to require natural gas projects to report environmental impacts (Utility Dive)
• Help is coming for truckers trying to meet CA EV regulations (CalMatters)
• Meet Lee Ann Eager, chair of California Transportation Commission (Capitol Weekly)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF