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Breaking News: Deal Reached on CA’s Cap-and-Trade Spending Plan
Earlier this evening, the bicameral Budget Conference Committee approved a compromise between state legislators and Governor Brown on how to spend $850 million in revenues from the state's cap-and-trade system for the next fiscal year.
June 12, 2014
Steinberg’s Cap-and-Trade Spending Plan Gains Momentum, No News on Deal
Despite being only 0.5 percent of the California budget, cap-and-trade revenue spending is emerging as a sticking point in Sacramento as Democrats in the Assembly, Senate, and Governor’s Office push three different spending plans. The legislature must approve a state budget by June 15.
June 10, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
The California Legislature saw a lot of action in the last two weeks on bills related to sustainable transportation. The deadline to pass bills out of committee was on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, and today is the deadline for all bills to be voted on by their houses of origin. If they couldn't pass by today from the Senate to the Assembly, or vice versa, then they died for this session.
May 30, 2014
Steinberg: CA Cap-and-Trade Must Fund Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing
Negotiations over the California state budget are producing dueling proposals on how best to spend revenue from the state's cap-and-trade program.
May 19, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation and events related to sustainable transportation. This week, many of the bills that Streetsblog has been tracking are waiting for the budget committees to work through them, so there hasn't been a lot of action.
May 16, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation related to sustainable transportation.
May 9, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
Here's Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of legislation and events related to sustainable transportation moving through the legislative process in Sacramento.
May 2, 2014
SB 1183 Is No Longer a Bike Tax
Senate Bill 1183, the bill from Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) which was originally proposed as a “bike tax,” is no longer a bike tax. This time the change is not just in the bill's title -- the bill, which originally proposed a sales tax on bicycles to create a stable source of funding to maintain bicycle facilities in regional parks, now proposes a fee on motor vehicle registrations instead.
April 23, 2014
California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update
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April 18, 2014