Tuesday’s Headlines
Funding and gas prices.
7:45 AM PDT on September 22, 2026
- CAHSRA Funding Crisis (Yahoo, Fresno Bee, KCRA)
- National Railroad Infrastructure Bank Could Rally Resources for HSR (Smart Cities Dive)
- Not Jut the Feds, LA Having Trouble Getting Olympic Transit $ from State (LAT)
- Fund Transit, or Bay Bridge Traffic Doubles (SFChron, KQED)
- What’s It Like to Own EV? (LAT)
- Boost in Ethanol Could Lower Gas Prices (Union-Trib)
- Robotaxis Would Make it Easier to Implement Congestion Pricing (Gov. Tech.)
- Enforcing Traffic Laws as Pure Revenue Generator Erodes Trust (Governing)
- Wealth Tax, Voter ID Mandate, Both Winning at Ballot Box (Union-Trib)
- First CA Ballots Are in the Mail (OC Register)
- It’s the First Day of Fall (SacBee)
- This Year’s El Nino Forecast Is Terrifying, CA Declares Emergency (Union-Trib)
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