Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
10:02 AM PDT on August 29, 2012
- It’s Official: City Votes to Oppose Above or Below Ground 710 Extension (LAT)
- Bill That Would Give CEQA Exemptions to Some Class II Bikeways Clears Assembly (LAT, The Source)
- LA Launches Survey to Better Understand How Awful City’s Sidewalks Are (LAT)
- Planning Commission Plans Stadium Hearing on 9/13 (Daily News)
- Mayoral Candidates Weigh In on “Fixing” Skid Row (Blog Downtown)
- Legislature Signs On for Mobile Billboard Crackdown (Daily News)
- Also, Steeper Fines for Driving While Talking On, and Holding, Your Phone (LAT)
- More on Meet Me at Metro (The Source)
- CA Legislature Passes Bill Regulating Use of Red-Light Cameras (Daily News)
- National Latino Journalists Association Opens Shop in LA. Story Mentions Our Kris Fortin (KCET)
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