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High-Speed Rail Impasse Means No Active Transportation Boost, Other Projects Also Denied Funding
$500 million proposed as a one-time augmentation for Active Transportation Projects will go back to the General Fund - as will a total of $3.3 billion in other proposed allocations including for LA Olympics projects
September 7, 2021
Down to the Wire: Bills on Jaywalking, Bikes at Stop Signs Could Use Support
Two important safety bills are close but not quite across the finish line, and could use help from supporters to get there.
August 19, 2021
Senate, Assembly Pass Budget, Punting on Specifics
There's lots of money for clean transportation, but details to be determined leave programs in the dark
June 15, 2021
Align California’s Budget Surplus with Key Environmental Plans
This is a major opportunity to ensure that California's spending is aligned with several key state plans currently created or being created.
June 7, 2021
Op-Ed: It Is Time to Appoint Real Climate Leaders Who Understand Equity and Justice in California
California needs bold leadership at every level and in every agency to ensure the Governor's visionary Executive Orders become reality.
December 2, 2020
Another California Executive Order: Conserve Lands, Align Policies to Fight Climate Change
Advocates applaud the order, but how does it fit with ongoing efforts to widen freeways and drill more oil wells?
October 8, 2020
Governor Signs Housing, Sustainable Transportation Bills
But he vetoes a bill declaring housing as a human right, inconsistent with his willingness to set aspirational goals in other areas (such as electric vehicle mandates)
September 29, 2020
Governor Newsom’s Executive Order: No New Fossil-Fuel Vehicles in California by 2035
As part of Climate Week 2020, California Governor Newsom today issued an executive order declaring the goal of eliminating fossil fuels from transportation, a sector that produces half of California's toxic and greenhouse gas emissions. The order calls for ending all sales of new fossil-fuel-powered vehicles in the next fifteen years, and calls on various state agencies to begin formulating regulations and strategies, and identifying actions and investments, to create a "just transition" away from reliance on fossil fuels.
September 23, 2020
Governor Appoints Two New California Transportation Commissioners
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.
June 22, 2020
Senators Wiener, Ting Propose Statewide Moratorium on Foreclosures, Evictions
The fallout from the already large numbers of people avoiding social contact will cause real economic hardship for some, and could make it hard to keep their housing.
March 12, 2020
