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Lee Ann Eager with former Governor Jerry Brown

Governor Appoints Two New California Transportation Commissioners

By Melanie Curry | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

Paul Van Konynenberg, the problematic CTC chair, is out. The new appointees represent labor and business development. One more commission seat remains up in the air.

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Help Defend High-Speed Rail

By Roger Rudick | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

And the LA Times drops more misinformation to back up SoCal lawmakers' anti-HSR money grab

A rendering of the Embarcadero enhancement project... just one of many that could go in faster if the environmental review of this bike lane can be streamlined. Image: SFMTA

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Bill Would Streamline Transit, Bike, and Ped Projects

By Roger Rudick | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments

Somewhere along the way California's environmental laws were subverted... S.B. 288 is a another small step towards correcting that

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Evictions Still on Hold, For Now: Judicial and Legislative Moves

By Melanie Curry | Jun 12, 2020 | No Comments

California's Judicial Council declined to lift the temporary eviction moratorium, and a bill was introduced that would codify eviction protections beyond the judicial ban on serving eviction notices.

Bill to Incentivize Bike Parking in New Housing Moves to Senate

By Melanie Curry | Jun 8, 2020 | No Comments

A.B, 3153 would allow housing developers who provide parking for either bikes or car-share in new buildings to reduce car parking requirements

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SoCal Lawmakers Still Grasping at HSR Funds

By Roger Rudick | May 6, 2020 | No Comments

Even in the time of COVID-19, some Los Angeles politicians still really, really want to divert $4.8 billion slated for the electrification of California's High-speed Rail Project to unspecified upgrades to Metrolink, Southern California's commuter rail network.

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