Thursday’s Headlines

High-speed rail designs unveiled at state fair; Will Yolo Causeway have two HOV lanes? Court will decide; How much data does your city collect about you? More

By Melanie Curry

8:33 AM PDT on August 1, 2024

The flooded Yolo Bypass outside Sacramento, CA on Feb. 23, 2017. USFWS Photo/Steve Martarano via Wikipedia

CA high-speed rail designs unveiled at state fair in Sacramento (Newsweek)
Opinion: Judges will decide whether the Yolo Causeway expansion will have two toll lanes (Sacramento Bee, Yahoo)
Elk Grove plans to launch e-bike and scooter voucher program (Sacramento Bee)
How much data does your city collect about you? Some are letting you know (LA Times)
SF doesn’t really know how many people are living unhoused in the city (SF Chronicle)
In Los Angeles, your chic AirBnB might be a rent-controlled apartment (Pro Publica)
Study: L.A.’s guaranteed basic income pilot helped recipients avoid homelessness, violence (LA Times)
Public pensions have a hand in rising housing costs (LA Times)
Immigration, legal and illegal, helps the California and U.S. economy (LA Times)

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Melanie Curry

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