Monday’s Headlines
CA Legislature finds money for transit; Black and Latino San Diegans are 4x more likely to be stopped by police for walking/biking infractions; Will San Diego get a RR to the airport? More
8:40 AM PDT on June 12, 2023
- Legislature finds some money for transit in budget deal, close to deadline (CalMatters, SF Chronicle)
- Debunking the argument that one needs a car to go grocery shopping (The Urbanist)
- Head of SF Muni: Robotaxis are not safe (SF Standard)
- Newsom’s infrastructure plan is half-baked (LA Times)
- BART to study fare evasion and its own police response (Mercury News)
- Black and Latino residents of San Diego are four times more likely to be stopped by police for walking and biking infractions (OB Rag)
- Will San Diego airport get a railroad connection? (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Repairs on SoCal tracks still underway, but bus service to be reduced (LA Times)
- Republicans are pushing to take away Amtrak’s track rights (Bloomberg)
- California downtowns are not recovering as quickly as other areas (LA Times)
- Sacramento is at a tipping point on housing prices (Sacramento Bee)
- What did anyone learn from the Red Sky days? (Washington Post)
- Wildfire smoke is super dangerous (Scientific American)
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