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By Damien Newton

10:08 AM PDT on October 10, 2013

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)

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