State Capitol Updates
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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
Bill to Streamline Transit, Bike, Pedestrian Projects Sails Through to the Governor
It's a tiny beginning towards balancing the scales between car travel and cleaner, more sustainable modes.
August 31, 2020
Bill That Would Have Crushed Bike and Scooter-Share Amended
AB 1268 would have made e-scooter-share and e-bike-share companies functionally uninsurable — until advocates successfully pressured California to amend the controversial bill.
August 27, 2020
This Bill Could Kill Bike and Scooter Share in California
Assembly Bill 1286 would functionally ban scooters, e-bikes and other electric-assist modes from the road — if advocates don't speak up.
August 25, 2020
Legislative Update: Deadlines under COVID Pressures
Today is the last day to amend bills in Sacramento. August 31 is the last day to reconcile bills in both houses. The legislative agenda has been pared to the bone, but pressure is high to get some kind of housing fixes passed. While the Judicial Council removed its moratorium on evictions during COVID, leaving it up to the legislature to fix, there is only one bill left that contains anything addressing evictions. The last-minute rush is not reassuring.
August 21, 2020
Legislative Update: Housing Bills Still in Play
The bills address, generally, tenant protections, homelessness prevention and shelter, and encouraging more housing, sometimes by limiting restrictions local jurisdictions can apply.
July 30, 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
Help Defend High-Speed Rail
And the LA Times drops more misinformation to back up SoCal lawmakers' anti-HSR money grab
June 22, 2020
Bill Would Streamline Transit, Bike, and Ped Projects
Somewhere along the way California's environmental laws were subverted... S.B. 288 is a another small step towards correcting that
June 17, 2020
Evictions Still on Hold, For Now: Judicial and Legislative Moves
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.
June 12, 2020