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Clock Is Running Out for Meaningful CEQA Reform (Daily News) Council Approves Plans for Park 101, a Cap Park for DTLA (ABC7, CBS2) Today, the Times Notices the Nation’s Bridges Are Crumbling (LAT) Stop Pretending You Don’t Love L.A. Because We “Don’t Have Transit” (Buzz Feed) Bill Furthering Laws Against Cell Phone Use While Driving … Continued

By Damien Newton

8:00 AM PDT on September 4, 2013

Clock Is Running Out for Meaningful CEQA Reform (Daily News)
Council Approves Plans for Park 101, a Cap Park for DTLA (ABC7, CBS2)
Today, the Times Notices the Nation’s Bridges Are Crumbling (LAT)
Stop Pretending You Don’t Love L.A. Because We “Don’t Have Transit” (Buzz Feed)
Bill Furthering Laws Against Cell Phone Use While Driving Heads to Governor’s Desk (LAT)
Have a Fancy Car Computer? Hackers Can Use It to Slam on Your Brakes (Daily News)
New York’s Bike Lobby Makes a Pick in Mayor’s Race (Streetsblog, WNYC)
It’s California Rail Safety Month! (The Source)
Frank Gruber Looks at the Myth That Santa Monica Was Once a Sleepy Town (SaMo Next)

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