Wednesday’s Headlines
Bay Area will officially have a chance to vote on transit's fate.
8:39 AM PDT on June 17, 2026
- It’s Official: Muni Measure will be on November Ballot (KQED, SFGate)
- New State Budget Finds New Revenues (SacBee)
- Sac. Will Audit PD after ACLU Bias Report (SacBee)
- With Police Writing Fewer Tickets, Drivers Run More Red Lights (LB Post)
- Davis Backs Paid Parking at Formerly Free Public Lots (SacBee)
- CARB Wants Zero Emission Trash Trucks (Waste Dive)
- More on Transit and the World Cup (CBSLocal)
- Bill That Would Have Defanged Coastal Commission Is Gutted (SMDP)
- Transit Hedges Against Fuel Spikes By Keeping Year’s Reserve of Gas (Smart Cities Dive)
- 70% of Freight Shipped by Truck, So Gas Spikes Hit EveryonePenn Today)
- GM Building Batteries for Data Centers (Tech Crunch)
- France Gives Trump a Bike (Domestique)
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