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By Damien Newton

10:35 AM PST on January 8, 2020

Senator Wiener’s Housing-Transit Bill Is Back (LA Times, CurbedSF)

What would it mean for LA? (CurbedLA)
For Long Beach? (LongBeachize)
Chair of committee that blocked S.B. 50 Last Year Is Unhappy He Wasn’t Consulted (SF Chronicle)
LAT Urges Readers to "Give It a Chance"

Westwood Greenway Breaks Ground in Rancho Park, Again (Urbanize)

Taxi Drivers Protest to Overturn New Pickup Laws at LAX (LAT)

San Diego, El Monte Union, and Stockton School Districts Awarded $ for Pilots to Promote Zero-Emission Transportation (KUSI)

VIRGIN Considering Electric HSR to Connect Southland to Vegas (DeZeen)

Newsom Calls for $1.4 Billion for "Help for Homeless" (LAT)

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