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Friday’s Headlines

LA Metro to get more police; Hundreds of bills die; More

California Forever showing that public transit is part of everyone’s fantasy of a perfect world

  • Mayor Bass orders "police surge" in response to attacks on LA Metro (LA Times, LAist)
  • Muni plans a major retrofit of Twin Peaks Tunnel, which will require closing it (SF Gate)
  • CARB under fire for rejecting environmental justice advisory committee recommendations (Carbon Pulse)
  • The states leading the way on bicycling (Momentum)
  • California Forever developers release new renderings showing a transit paradise in hopes of garnering support (KCRA)
  • Appropriations committees squash hundreds of bills (CalMatters)
  • How big oil manipulated journalism (The Nation)

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