This post originally appeared on Streetsblog California. It’s February, so all bills that did not get passed by their first house by now, in either the California Assembly or Senate, are being officially declared dead. Unfortunately, among them are some…
This post original appeared on Streetsblog California. Now that Senate Bill 1 has taken effect, and gas taxes have increased by twelve cents, the battle for the hearts and minds of Californians has begun in earnest. Depending to whom you listen,…
This post originally ran on Streetsblog California. The nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released results of a survey that found that most Californians favor the state’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. This is so even while most of them expect…
Via Streetsblog California. Well, it’s done. Last night, the California legislature passed S.B. 1, the transportation funding bill that has been hard fought for the last two years. The Senate passed it with a vote of 27-11, and the Assembly…
Via Streetsblog California. While most media coverage of last week’s California Air Resources meeting focused on the board’s decision to strengthen vehicle emission standards, an equally remarkable and important discussion happened late in the first afternoon of the two-day meeting. That’s…
This post was originally appeared on Streetsblog California. A new bill from Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), S.B. 760, would make the safety of all road users, not just drivers, a priority for the state’s department of transportation. The bill is…
This article originally ran on California Streetsblog last week. Wasting no time, lawmakers opened the first day of the California legislative session by introducing a slew of bills and resolutions to get things started. The two biggest bills—S.B. 1 from Senator Jim…
The post originally ran at Streetsblog California. The California legislature returned from its summer break last week and now has one month to finish all the business it started in this session. If it can. Pending issues include a bill…
This article was originally published on California Streetsblog on August 2, 2016. No, this is not about a bill to allow bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs, sorry. This is about a bill that supposedly set out to…
This article originally appeared on Streetsblog California. Caltrans has always said that one of its main concerns was the safety of road users, but its focus has been squarely on people in cars, to the detriment of others. The department…
This post originally appeared on Streetsblog California. This week in Sacramento, policy committees are rushing through a last-minute load of bills. The July recess is looming, and this week is the last opportunity to pass bills in the 2015-16 session.…
This article originally ran on Streetsblog California. Governor Brown issued his May revision of the state budget proposal, and in terms of transportation, it’s pretty much the same story we told in January. That is, he proposes a variety of new…
Continuing our coverage of bills making their way through the California legislative session, today we’re highlighting some bills that we like. Some of these will likely be heard first at the Assembly Transportation Committee this Monday, April 11. Firstly, the…
The California legislature is back from spring recess and the process of hearing and arguing about bills is beginning in earnest. In the next few days, Streetsblog California will talk about some exciting bills coming up that may need your…
This article first appeared on Streetsblog California. Listen to its author, SBCA editor Melanie Curry, discuss California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed 2016 budget with California Streets Initiative Executive Director Damien Newton on this week’s #DamienTalks podcast. You can download the episode at the #DamienTalks…
