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California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | | No Comments
Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation  related to sustainable transportation. Clean vehicles: S.B. 1204, Ricardo Lara (D-Huntington Park/Long Beach) and Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), which passed the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality on a 6-1 vote, was read for the first time in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill creates the California Clean […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | | 7 Comments
Here’s Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of legislation and events related to sustainable transportation moving through the legislative process in Sacramento. Bike Racks on Buses: A.B. 2707, Ed Chau (D-Monterey Park), would allow transit agencies to install racks that can carry three bikes on the front of buses. Why does this require legislation? Current law limits the […]

SB 1183 Is No Longer a Bike Tax

By Melanie Curry | | 1 Comment
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 […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | | 1 Comment
For social media coverage focused on statewide issues, follow Melanie Curry @currymel on Twitter or like our Facebook page.  Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of legislation and events related to sustainable transportation at the California capitol. This week, the legislature was out for Spring Recess, giving legislative staff time to prepare for the onslaught of […]

CA Sen. Steinberg Proposes New Spending Plan for Cap-and-Trade Revenue

By Melanie Curry | | 15 Comments
Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) announced a proposed plan to create a permanent spending strategy for cap-and-trade revenue [PDF] that prioritizes investments in affordable transit-oriented housing, transit expansion, and CA high-speed rail. Unlike the Governor’s plan for this year’s budget, Senate Bill 1156 also proposes investments in “complete streets” and transit operations. Calling the […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | | 1 Comment
For social media coverage focused on statewide issues, follow Melanie @currymel on Twitter or like our Facebook page here. Here’s Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of legislation and events related to sustainable transportation at the California capitol. The big news out of Sacramento is that Caltrans endorsed the NACTO Urban Street Design Guidelines. S.B. 1183, Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord): […]
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