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California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
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April 18, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
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April 11, 2014
Advocates Push for Bike/Ped Funding From CA’s Cap-and-Trade Funds
A coalition of bike and pedestrian advocates are inviting organizations to sign on to a letter [PDF] asking the state legislature to recommend allocating $50 million of the state's cap-and-trade revenue towards the Active Transportation Program. Currently, none of the $850 million in cap-and-trade funds are allocated specifically for walking and bicycling in this year's budget.
April 2, 2014
Transportation Priorities Jostle for CA’s Cap-and-Trade Revenue
A series of hearings in Sacramento have been revisiting California's Global Warming Solutions Act, Assembly Bill (A.B.) 32, which calls for a statewide reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) to 1990 levels by 2020. Two recent hearings have opened discussions of Governor Jerry Brown's proposed spending plan for the revenue received so far from the state's cap-and-trade program, implemented as part of A.B. 32, and another recent Senate hearing discussed the program's impacts to date.
March 21, 2014