Today’s Headlines

• Metro Has New Chief Operations Officer for Bus and Rail (LAT)
• Measure R Committee Pushes for Federal Loan for Expedite Regional Connector (The Source)
• Gov. Brown Signs Bill Exempting Bike Plans From CEQA Review (Cyclelicious, CalBike)
• Times Asks if CEQA Free Bike Lanes Are a Good Thing? (LAT)
• Should Cyclists Allow Bike Unfriendly Pols Fun Photo Ops at CicLAvia? (Boy on a Bike)
• AEG Wins Bid for Convention Center Operations for Next 5 Years (LAT)
• Filming Up 10% in Greater L.A., Pols Scrambling to Get it to Up 125% (KPCC)
• Garcetti Wants to "Rebrand" Los Angeles Similar to Bloomberg in New York (Currents via Curbed)
• Mayor Appoints Mostly Friends, Backers, Donors to Political Positions (LAT)
• SaMo Will Regulate, Permit, Fitness Instructors Who Use Public Parks (LAT)
• SF Mayor Vows to Get Tough on Double Parkers...That Get in His Car's Way (Streetsblog SF)
• Crosswalk Sting Targets SFV Drivers (Daily News)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill