Friday’s Headlines

Did Fresno make it illegal to be unhoused? COVID ticking up; Berkeley to install license plate readers; Federal bill to stop CA's gas engine ban; More

By Melanie Curry

8:23 AM PDT on July 28, 2023

Courtesy Teamsters Joint Council 7.

Did Fresno make houselessness a crime? (Fresnoland)
COVID numbers ticking up in CA (SF Chronicle)
Berkeley plans to install automated license plate readers around the city (Berkeleyside)
Tesla's autopilot safety, marketing under investigation by CA attorney general (CNBC)
AC Transit will convert at-large board positions to district seats (Berkeleyside)
BART board officially opposes bill to decriminalize fare evasion (SF Chronicle)
Federal bill would stop CA's planned ban of fossil fuel vehicles (Desert News)
Unions, tech companies spar over proposal to ban autonomous truck testing (MV Voice)

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Melanie Curry

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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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