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Steinberg Kills Bill That Sought to Delay Cap-and-Trade on Fuels
The misinformation campaigns trumpeting an imminent “hidden gas tax” in California lost a battle with the defeat of Assemblymember Henry Perea's bill, A.B. 69, which was designed to delay application of cap-and-trade to the fuels industry for three years.
August 27, 2014
Steinberg: CA Cap-and-Trade Must Fund Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing
Negotiations over the California state budget are producing dueling proposals on how best to spend revenue from the state's cap-and-trade program.
May 19, 2014
CA Transportation Choices Summit Tackles Policy Issues
The California Transportation Choices Summit, held in Sacramento this week, was an opportunity for sustainable transportation and public health advocates to spend the day learning about current state policies and legislation in the works to change them.
April 24, 2014
Updated Report Shows CAHSR’s GHG Reductions Less Costly Than Thought
UCLA's Lewis Center revised some of the estimates in its recent report comparing the costs of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using California high-speed rail to those of bike, pedestrian, and local transit projects. The report's authors found that high-speed rail is not as expensive as an emission reduction as they first thought.
April 9, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
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April 4, 2014
Advocates Push for Bike/Ped Funding From CA’s Cap-and-Trade Funds
A coalition of bike and pedestrian advocates are inviting organizations to sign on to a letter [PDF] asking the state legislature to recommend allocating $50 million of the state's cap-and-trade revenue towards the Active Transportation Program. Currently, none of the $850 million in cap-and-trade funds are allocated specifically for walking and bicycling in this year's budget.
April 2, 2014
Senate Committee Grills CA High-Speed Rail Authority on Its Funding Plan
Doubts about the High Speed Rail Authority's ability to fund its estimated $68 billion program dominated last week's Senate Transportation and Housing Committee hearing (see the background report in this PDF). Committee Chair Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) said he was “somewhat skeptical” about the Authority's 2014 Draft Business Plan and questioned CAHSRA CEO Jeff Morales on the authority's reliance on uncertain funding sources.
April 1, 2014
Report: In Cutting Emissions, CAHSR Expensive Compared to Local Upgrades
Streetfilms featured Los Angeles' Orange Line BRT and bike path in 2009. A new UCLA report says infrastructure projects like the Orange Line are a better way to invest cap-and-trade funds than CA High-Speed Rail.
March 25, 2014
Transportation Priorities Jostle for CA’s Cap-and-Trade Revenue
A series of hearings in Sacramento have been revisiting California's Global Warming Solutions Act, Assembly Bill (A.B.) 32, which calls for a statewide reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) to 1990 levels by 2020. Two recent hearings have opened discussions of Governor Jerry Brown's proposed spending plan for the revenue received so far from the state's cap-and-trade program, implemented as part of A.B. 32, and another recent Senate hearing discussed the program's impacts to date.
March 21, 2014
Sen. Steinberg Proposes Carbon Tax on Gas Instead of Cap-and-Trade
CA Senator Darrell Steinberg proposed a change yesterday to California's nascent cap-and-trade program that would replace next year's cap on fuel emissions with a per-gallon carbon tax. Steinberg called it a “broader, more stable, and more flexible” way to reduce emissions from fuels than cap-and-trade.
February 21, 2014