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Transit safety approaches differ; Exxon sues shareholders to shut them up about climate; Details emerging about Newsom's budget proposal; More

By Melanie Curry

8:32 AM PDT on May 15, 2024

LA Times helpfully lists recent stabbings, fights on and near L.A. Metro system
BART crisis intervention program takes a proactive approach to safety (KQED)
Time to finish what we started with BART extension to San Jose (Mercury News)
AC Transit releases a reworked draft service plan (Alameda Post)
CA offering gift cards for drivers to help test its gas tax alternative (LA Times, Yahoo)
Exxon sues its own shareholders to keep them quiet about climate (LA Times)
Arizona – and fifteen other states – are trying to block CA clean truck rules (AZPM)
Details about Newsom budget proposal emerging: money for corporate climate laws, delays to other climate programs (E&E News)

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