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Thieves and vandals are disrupting new Caltrain electrified trains; In SF, people are being arrested for being homeless; Why is LA protecting single-family areas from rezoning for more housing? More

  • Thieves and vandals are disrupting new electric Caltrain service (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  • SF Muni celebrates relaunch of the L Taraval (SF.gov)
  • Why are LA officials protecting single-family areas from rezoning for more housing? (LA Times)
  • In San Francisco, unhoused people are being arrested - most of them for being unhoused - as sweeps remove tents (SF Standard)
  • Fresno hosts a Clean Mobility Summit (ABC)
  • The fight over how to keep gas prices down is fraught (CalMatters, Union of Concerned Scientists)
  • Governor Newsom should veto these four bills (Legal Planet)

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