State Budget Agreement Includes HSR Bonds and a $1.05 Billion ATP Bump
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This seemingly sudden agreement on high-speed rail is a little anti-climactic, if welcome.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about California State Assembly
Assemblymember Friedman Announces Funding for L.A. River Bike/Ped Projects
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Friedman was one of the electeds leading the charge to turn down $7 billion for green transportation statewide - then went to the press to celebrate $15 million for green transportation in her district
Legislative Update: Here’s What Bills Are Still Alive in the Senate and Assembly
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Is your favorite, or least favorite, piece of legislation still alive?
Wiener Reintroduces Housing-Transit Bill; Some Advocates Shout Him Down
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Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) reintroduced his ambitious bill to increase housing near transit, S.B. 50, to a raucous crowd on the steps of […]
Legislators Announce a California Green New Deal
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A group of legislators today announced the introduction of a new bill–one of the first of the 2020 session–that they say will address climate change and equity in California. The bill would work in a manner similar to the way A.B. 32 and S.B. 32 addressed climate change: by creating targets, with deadlines, on a […]
Legislative Update: Raise the Gas Tax? Cap and Trade, HOT Lanes
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Bills have started moving through committees in both houses of the California legislature as the hearing season starts. For those of you just joining us, we try to provide a regular roundup of legislation of interest to livable streets advocates. Highlights from the current session are included the bills below. Let us know if we […]