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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
Senate Bill 827, Equity, and the Need for Coalition Building in the YIMBY Movement
Senator Wiener's bill, aimed at making it easier to build housing at a time when the state is suffering from a debilitating shortage, has, to put it mildly, ignited a robust debate in activist circles.
February 15, 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
Complete Streets Bill Cut Drastically
As originally written, S.B. 760 would have required Caltrans to consider all users of its streets and roads when building, maintaining, or rehabilitating those facilities—and the bill had some teeth.
January 10, 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
Gas Tax Battle Royale
California's new gas tax is either a boondoggle to line the pockets of politicians, or the beginning of a new, pothole-free day for California roads, depending on perspective. But it's necessary, and it's not even enough money anyway.
November 6, 2017
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