Friday’s Headlines

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

By Melanie Curry

8:26 AM PST on December 13, 2024

Photo by Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

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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Melanie Curry @StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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