Today’s Headlines
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8:21 AM PDT on May 5, 2023
- High stakes for transit in California budget battle (Governing)
- California budget deficit grows (Sacramento Bee)
- Orange County paratransit drivers on strike (ABC7)
- High utility bills fed PG&E’s surging profits (Mercury News)
- Lyft is facing an existential crisis (SF Standard)
- California sued over reduced rooftop solar incentives (LA Times)
- Half Moon Bay gets a new pedestrian bridge (Climate)
- Bay Bridge on/offramp at Treasure Island set to open; SF Chronicle focuses on “congestion” but what’s key is that the bike lane will now be open!
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