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Tuesday’s Headlines

Gov Signs CEQA Bill to Increase Housing, Higher Fees on Parking and Tolls, Opposition to Road Widenings, ICE

By Damien Newton

7:59 AM PDT on July 1, 2025

Gov. Signs Wiener Leg. to Change CEQA to Increase Housing (SacBee, SF Chron, LAT)
California’s R’s Ask Trump to Focus ICE on Actual Criminals (Daily News)
Attorneys Condemn ICE Tactics (OC Register)
Sac. Raises Rates for Downtown Parking (SacBee)
Tolls Rise on Golden Gate (SF Chron)
Proposal to Widen Encintas Blvd. in SD Faces Opposition (Union-Trib)
Tensions Rise in Bay Area Over Fast “E-Bikes” (SFGate)
State Program Helps Pay for Car Repairs (Daily News)
CA’s National Parks Not “Out of the Woods” Yet (Fresno Bee)
Sprawl Not An Answer to Housing Shortage (CityLab)
The Changes Trump Has Made to Discretionary Grants (Eno Center for Transportation)

Get the rest of the headlines at SBUSA, SBLA, and SBSF.

Damien Newton

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