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
8:33 AM PDT on August 1, 2024
- 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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