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Newsom Signs Budget Trailers, Saves Bike Lanes in Encinitas, Blocks Them in L.A.
Politics over ideology as the legislature and governor step in with wildly different results for bike-friendly Encinitas and car-friendly Los Angeles.
September 21, 2026
California Just Pulled the Rug Out From Under Transit
CARB Approves Controversial Overhaul of Cap-and-Invest Program
June 2, 2026
The Week in Short Video: Sponsor Streetsblog L.A.’s Great Commuter Race!
Exciting event sponsorship opportunity: help make the Great Commuter Race #DLineDash a success!
April 24, 2026
Opposition Melts Away as Durazo Announces Major Changes to SB 1361
“SB 1361 simply says transit decisions should be based on legitimate transportation planning issues,” she said, “not opposition tied solely to SB 79 height or density standards.”
April 24, 2026
Santa Monica Parking Enforcement Vehicles to Use AI Cameras to Ticket Bike Lane Violations
Similar to on-bus AI cameras for bus lanes, but with two new wrinkles: cameras will be on city cars, and will detect bike lane blockers
January 16, 2026
Report: Speed Camera Programs Working in San Francisco, Floundering in Bureaucracy in L.A.
Great progress and success in the Bay Area, while So Cal lags
December 9, 2025
San Bernardino Could Finally End One of Country’s Worst Zombie Projects: The ONT Connector
“The ONT Connector is an inappropriate investment. Ridership capacity and public transportation utility do not support spending billions of dollars for it. Scrapping the project is the right decision. Electric rail to ONT is the appropriate decision,” per The Transit Coalition
December 3, 2025
UCLA Report Shows How Freeway Construction Last Century Was Used to Destroy and Divide Communities of Color
“Understanding the history of racism in freeway development can inform restorative justice in these areas.”
November 26, 2025
Newsom Signs SB 79, Legislation to Spur Housing Production Near Transit
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 79, the Abundant & Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, a major land-use reform aimed at promoting housing construction near rail and bus corridors.
October 13, 2025
Newsom Signs Legislation to Streamline Student and Staff Housing at California Community Colleges
While the wait continues on the governor's action on most of the legislation Streetsblog covered this year, here's some news on the housing front
October 9, 2025
