Wednesday’s Headlines
Corporate climate accountability bill; Housing streamlining bill; Bill to end pretextual stops faces vote; More than just bills today
8:52 AM PDT on September 13, 2023
- More on passage of bill on corporate climate accountability (CalMatters, Transport Topics)
- Bill to ban AVs without humans drivers passes legislature (Tech Crunch)
- Legislature passes housing streamlining bills (Mercury News)
- Bill to end pretextual traffic stops faces vote (CalBike)
- Berkeley’s Ashby Avenue needs a safety overhaul (Daily Cal)
- Are San Francisco cops giving out any traffic tickets? (SF Chronicle)
- New cars are extremely vulnerable to hacking (The Atlantic)
- Ahead of potential new rules, Rad Power Bikes to use only UL-certified batteries (The Verge)
- Buying in bulk to quickly switch public fleets to EVs (Federation of American Scientists)
- Central procurement could keep energy costs down (Capitol Weekly)
- A federal experiment would give renters cash instead of vouchers (Vox)
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