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California’s Efforts to Reduce Pollution, Greenhouse Gases Are Inextricable from Environmental Justice
Yes! Magazine offers a short history and explainer for cap-and-trade and its EJ issues
November 24, 2020
A.B. 617: Plans for Monitoring, Improving Local Air Quality Move Along – at a Glacial Pace
Meetings tomorrow will consider emission reduction plans for Long Beach, San Bernardino, and East L.A. areas.
September 9, 2020
What Benefits Telecommuting May Bring Are Still Very Much Unknown
Guesswork drives most of the speculation about what it might mean if more people work from home
August 4, 2020
CA Transit Association Asks for Help to Stave Off Transit Collapse
Steep drops in ridership and the elimination of fare payments have caused huge revenue losses, but the need to keep operating buses and trains to get essential workers to their jobs did not diminish.
July 9, 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
Real-Time Data Shows Stay-at-Home Orders May Be Saving Lives in More Ways Than One
"The Governor’s shelter-in-place order may have provided unexpected reductions in injuries and harm from traffic accidents."
April 9, 2020
To Do While Isolating: Write a Letter in Support of the Dutch Reach
The "Dutch Reach" could prevent doorings, which cause serious injuries and deaths in the U.S. every year
March 16, 2020
Data Needs v. Privacy, Government v. Private Companies: Bike-share and Scooters Have to Answer for it All
Make no mistake--this conversation is about much more than bike and scooter share
February 26, 2020
Housing at Transit: Berkeley Moves to Comply with New State Zoning Law
Step one: creating a Memorandum of Understanding between BART and Berkeley so they can work together. The MOU will guide Berkeley's accelerated rezoning of these two parcels.
December 12, 2019
More Biking Would Bring Huge Health Benefits to California
Increasing activity levels would reduce health burdens even more than cleaner air or reduced traffic injuries.
November 12, 2019
