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8:34 AM PST on March 2, 2023

    • The slow retreat of pandemic-era outdoor dining continues (Planetizen)
    • Bill would help convert offices to housing (Mercury News)
      • Same thing might happen to malls in the OC (LA Times)
    • CA lawmakers grill Air Resources Board on scoping plan (Sacramento Bee)
    • Climate Action Corp expands, paying people to fight climate change (OC Register)
    • Cracking down on "greenwashing" (The Atlantic)
    • The world promised to phase out subsidies to fossil fuels. Instead, it doubled them (Heated)
    • Could CA sue oil companies over prices? (Sacramento Bee)
    • Here's something for those offended at the notion of a 15-minute city: the 15-hour city! (McSweeney's)

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Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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