Monday’s Headlines

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• Robotaxis are here, but regulations are not ready for them (MIT Technology Review)
• Cities living with autonomous vehicles don’t want them; state agency rules are too lax (LA Times)
• Looming budget deadline and what’s being debated (CalMatters, Sacramento Bee)
• Proposed $15 billion climate bond may go to voters for approval (Mercury News)
• Federal government to award $1.7 billion for zero- and low-emission buses (SF Gate)
• LA Metro, with fare-capping, joins “trend” towards equitable fares (Governing)
• LA City Council approves 15-mph speed limit around schools (ABC7)
• “They’re making stuff up”: The narrative that SF is a dystopian hellscape doesn’t match reality (SF Chronicle)
• Nowhere is safe from climate change (New Republic)
• Climate-induced heat wave won’t end soon; renewable energy is helping (Inside Climate News)
• Why cities take a punitive approach to homelessness: complaint-driven, ineffective, police-reliant policies (Next City)
• LA tests out participatory budgeting (Noema Magazine)
• NY considers weight-based fees on vehicles (Curbed)

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