Wednesday’s Headlines
CA Assembly Committee Chairs announced: New Transpo Chair is Lori Wilson; Who lives in those new Oakland highrises? More than 500 unhoused people died in San Diego County this year; More
8:19 AM PST on November 22, 2023
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- CA Assembly leader announces new committee chairs (LA Times)
- New Assembly Transportation Chair is Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City)
- Caltrans moves Highway 1 away from eroding coastline in Sonoma County (Patch)
- Gap in Balboa Park’s bus-only lane renders it useless at a peak time (KPBS)
- SLO Transit adjusts schedules to increase reliability (KEYT)
- Oakland’s new downtown highrise apartments seem to be filling up. Who lives there? (Oaklandside)
- Berkeley increases height limits on housing near UC campus (SF Chronicle)
- More than 500 unhoused people died in San Diego County this year (San Diego Union Tribune)
- The problem with claiming “net zero” emissions (Michigan Daily)
- How will Brazil’s new carbon market affect indigenous people there? (Reuters)
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