As California is figuring out how to put the brakes on its habit of expanding highways everywhere, the pushback over long-planned "legacy" projects has begun.
It's not the $2B requested by the CA Transportation Commission and advocates, and it's not even near what he proposes for litter cleanup, but it would help
Among the unintended consequences of minimum parking requirements are: more driving, more traffic, more delays for everyone including transit, longer distances between destinations, more fuel use and emissions, more difficulty and danger for people who are not in cars, and much higher housing costs.
Income- and zip-code qualifying households in the Bay Area can exchange an old gas guzzler for an electric cargo bike, or several e-bikes and transit passes; other regions will also eventually launch their programs
Task force is about to issue a report recommending ways to expand the problematic but profitable offsets program. Advocates wanted to focus on ways to make it work for the climate and environment.
It's a strategic move that sends the unequivocal message that the new President is committed to incorporating environmental concerns in every corner of federal policy making.
Assembly Speaker Rendon surprises observers by replacing Jim Frazier with Laura Friedman; Senate President Atkins appoints Lena Gonzalez to chair left empty by departure of Jim Beall.