State Capitol Updates
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Update: E-bike Incentives Are Funded, Policy Bill Will Add Equity Guidelines
$10 million has been set aside in the state budget to help people in California buy e-bikes. An accompanying policy bill, A.B. 117, will contain rules to make sure the money goes to people who need it most.
July 9, 2021
E-bikes Included in CA Budget Bill: $10 Million in Incentives
But equity language, which would have aimed incentives towards those least able to afford e-bikes, has been stripped out
July 6, 2021
Legislative Update: Bikes at Stop Signs, Jaywalking, and Camera Enforcement on Buses
Key transportation safety and equity bills move forward after Senate Transportation Hearing
June 29, 2021
L.A.’s Transit Oriented Communities Program Likely to Benefit from A.B. 1401
Some observers have worried that eliminating parking requirements might have the unintended consequence of reducing affordable housing production, but we see no evidence of this - and see some evidence that it would help.
June 25, 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
Legislature Doesn’t Want to Release Voter-Approved Prop 1A Funds to High Speed Rail… Yet?
Ongoing, behind-the scenes negotiations between Governor Newsom, the Assembly, and the Senate on the 2021 budget continue this week in a push to meet the budget-signing deadline of June 30.
June 4, 2021
Sign CalBike’s Petition to Eliminate Parking Requirements Near Transit
A.B. 1401 must pass the Assembly this week, but there is still organized opposition to it.
June 1, 2021
Legislative Update: A Quick Peek at the Current Status of Some Worthy Bills
Next Friday, June 4, is the deadline for bills to be voted on by their house of origin.
May 28, 2021
A Tragic Story, Used to Oppose Stop-as-Yield Bill on Safety Grounds, May Not Be True
A "safety advocate" rewrote the story of her friend's tragic death and has been using it to bolster for her personal "safety" agenda.
May 17, 2021
