Recent Streetsblog LA posts about California State Senate

Steinberg Kills Bill That Sought to Delay Cap-and-Trade on Fuels

By Melanie Curry | Aug 27, 2014 | 4 Comments

The misinformation campaigns trumpeting an imminent “hidden gas tax” in California lost a battle with the defeat of Assemblymember Henry Perea’s bill, A.B. 69, which was designed to delay application of cap-and-trade to the fuels industry for three years. Fuel companies have already begun participating in the state’s cap-and-trade auctions, buying pollution credits that they […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Aug 22, 2014 | 2 Comments

Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation related to sustainable transportation. Today was the last day to amend bills for this legislative session. Any bill that doesn’t get passed by midnight next Sunday, August 31, will be officially dead. Among the flurry of votes, the following bills passed out of both the Assembly and […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Aug 15, 2014 | No Comments

Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation related to sustainable transportation. With a deadline for amendments looming next Friday, marathon floor sessions are keeping legislators in the capitol churning through long lists of bills. Protected Bike Lane Bill Still Being Amended: A.B. 1193 from Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) is the bill that would […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Aug 8, 2014 | No Comments

Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation related to sustainable transportation. The legislature just came back from its August recess and spent the week catching up on its to-do list. The next few weeks will see a flurry of bills being voted on—and amended—before the session deadline on August 31. LOS gone from CEQA: Big […]

California Bill Would Remove Legal Loophole for Hit-and-Run Drivers

By Melanie Curry | Aug 7, 2014 | 6 Comments

The California Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill next week from Assemblymember Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) that would close a loophole in state law that allows some hit-and-run perpetrators to avoid criminal prosecution. Current law requires any driver involved in a collision that results in injury, death, or property damage to stop and provide contact information […]

Bill Aims to Delay Bringing Fuels Under CA Cap-and-Trade System

By Melanie Curry | Jul 8, 2014 | 9 Comments

In a last-minute maneuver before the California Legislature’s summer recess, Assemblymember Henry Perea (D-Fresno) amended a bill to delay the application of California’s cap-and-trade system to fuels until 2018. Co-authors of the bill, A.B. 69, include Assemblymembers Cheryl Brown (D-Fontana), Tom Daly (D-Anaheim), Isadore Hall (D-Rancho Dominguez), Roger Hernandez (D-West Covina), Freddie Rodriguez (D-Chino), and […]

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