Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about State Capitol Updates

Governor Gavin Newsom and Assemblymember Laura Friedman - photo via Twitter

In Veto Statement, Newsom Rebukes Friedman for Blocking Green Transportation Funding

By Joe Linton | Oct 13, 2021 | No Comments

Newsom: "I proposed $7.6 billion to make key investments in a wide variety of critically necessary [rail/transit/walk/bike] projects... I look forward to re-engaging with the Legislature to finalize and pass a comprehensive transportation package early next year."

So true... and yet, even Governors seem to believe in magic these days

Newsom’s Deeply Disappointing Vetoes of Traffic Safety Bills

By Melanie Curry | Oct 12, 2021 | No Comments

The governor relied on flawed safety data to argue that bike stop and "jaywalking" bills would somehow decrease safety, while data shows the opposite.

Bikes parked in front of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento

This post is supported by GJEL

Governor Newsom Signs: Enforcement Cameras on Buses, Speed Limits Reset

By Damien Newton and Melanie Curry | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

But he vetoes: Safety stop for bikes, decriminalizing jaywalking.

Despite being a residential street, Balboa Blvd in Los Angeles has seen its speed creep up to 40 mph. (Design has a lot to do with why 85% of drivers speed here.) Image: Google Street View

Op-Ed: A.B. 43 Would Let Cities Set Safer Speed Limits

By Caro Jauregui | Oct 7, 2021 | No Comments

Current speed limit rules reward those that travel fastest, regardless of safety

The speed limit is 35, but this is a more typical speed on this badly engineered road. Image: Paul Sousa

Op-Ed: No, Dan Walters, A.B. 43 Would Not Allow “Speed Traps”

By Melanie Curry | Oct 6, 2021 | No Comments

And the 85th percentile rule is anything BUT scientific

Extension of Road User Charge Pilot Will Consider Efficiency and Equity

By Melanie Curry | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

Among the many, many bills recently signed by Governor Newsom is S.B. 339, an extension of a pilot program to test a road-user charge as a way to fund transportation. The idea is that drivers would pay a per-mile fee, thus theoretically paying a fair share of road maintenance needs. That is, those who drive […]

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