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Lawmakers threaten CARB over delay on corporate emissions reporting penalties; SFMTA head Tumlin to resign; A community organizes against a warehouse, and gains more; The urban-rural divide is not geographic; More

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  • Lawmakers threaten CARB over delay of corporate emissions reporting penalties (Politico)
  • SFMTA head Jeff Tumlin to step down (SF Chronicle)
  • Some cities will begin enforcing daylighting laws - don't park near the crosswalk (Berkeleyside, SF Gate, Fox5 San Diego)
  • California's e-bike incentives are coming (webinar with information next week) (CalBike, Cycling West)
  • Bike lanes are saving lives, so why are you complaining about them? (Boston Globe)
  • Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla to get a jolly new pedestrian crossing (San Diego Union Tribune)
  • Delays on approving SURF! project means less federal money is available for it (Monterey County NOW)
  • Lincoln Heights organized to protect its community, and the results are wider than just a delayed warehouse (CalMatters)
  • Video: Defining the urban-rural divide - it's not geographic (CityNerd)
  • Martinez refinery settlement dollars will go to local environmental projects (Local News Matters)
  • CA Energy Commission approves $1.4 billion for electric vehicles, infrastructure (E+E Leader)
  • IRS: Carbon offset credits are income (Bloomberg Law)
  • Newsom orders special election to fill empty Senate (Fong), Assembly (Nguyen) seats (Sacramento Bee)

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