Wednesday’s Headlines
Happy fiscal new year! There's some new laws, and the Air Resources Board is punting all over the place.
9:49 AM PDT on July 1, 2026
- Air Resources Board Delays Progress Update (ESG News)
- Possibly Because There’s Bad News Even Before the Oil Industry Giveaway (Cap. Weekly)
- Watch Me Talk About Biking in Santa Monica (Instagram)
- It’s July 1st, There Are New Laws (SacBee, OC Register)
- State Workers Return to Office for First Time in 6+ Years (SacBee)
- AC Transit Fares Going Up (Berkeleyside)
- AAA: Make Good Decisions…While Driving (SacBee)
- S.F’s Entertainment Zones Flourishing (SFChron)
- Long Beach To Celebrate World Cup Final With 4-Mile Beach Streets (LB Post)
- More on Transit and World Cup (SFChron, DailyJournal)
- Duffy: But What If We Made AV’s More Dangerous? (Jalopnik)
- Federal Funds Still Flow to Major Projects (Construction Dive)
- Democratic Socialists: We Get Things Done (The Guardian)
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