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Legislative Update: Tracking Some of California’s Housing Bills
The elephant in the housing legislation room is S.B. 827, but there are many other housing bills in the works.
April 16, 2018
Legislative Update: A Few Bills to Watch
The second year of the legislature's two-year cycle is moving into action, with deadlines looming in the next few months for bills to pass their committees. There is still a lot of negotiating and amending coming up, but here are a few bills to keep an eye on.
April 10, 2018
Bill Could Make it Easier for Cities to Lower Speed Limits
While not the whole solution for safety, lowering speed limits is one tool for safer streets--if it can be utilized.
February 23, 2018
Legislative Roundup: “Officially Dead” and Dying Bills on Biking, Equity, Safety
Dead are bills on allowing bikes to yield at stop signs, a pilot program to study speed enforcement cameras, and equity requirements for transportation funding.
February 2, 2018
Bill to Allow Bikes to Treat Stop Signs as Yield Signs Spiked
Insurance industry freaks out: Chaos. Unpredictability. “Personal interpretation” of laws, oh my.
January 8, 2018
Joint Legislative Committee Discusses Future of Cap-and-Trade, Climate Policies
Cap-and-trade is working, says CARB, but needs to work harder. Meanwhile federal support is disappearing, and the administration may actively undermine the state's work. And disagreement about a definition cloaks a wider point of conflict on cap-and-trade.
January 5, 2018
Brown Signs Bill on CTC Representation, Vetoes One on Transit Passes
Governor Brown approved guidance on creating a more representative CTC, and his veto of the transit pass bill leaves open the possibility of further dialogue.
October 17, 2017
More Bills Signed: Zero-Emission Vehicles Get All the Love
A batch of bills signed by Governor Brown this week were related to increasing the number of zero emission vehicles in California, making them available to people who wouldn't be able to afford them, and increasing the number of charging stations available in the public sphere.
October 13, 2017
Governor Vetoes State Agency Bike-Share Bill
Governor Brown continues to work through a pile of bills on his desk, signing some and vetoing others.
October 10, 2017
Governor Brown Signs Bill: No More Tickets for Crossing on Countdown
Pedestrians are now legally allowed to enter a crosswalk after a countdown signal has started.
October 3, 2017
