With California Lawmakers Back from Recess, Housing Crisis Is in the Crosshairs
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It won’t be an easy task to get the votes necessary to pass some of bigger-ticket legislation, like S.B. 2 and S.B. 3.
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Opinion: Three-Month Expo Bike Path Closure Offers Win-Win Safe Streets Opportunity
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At L.A.-Santa Monica border, a stretch of Expo bike path will soon close for maintenance. The temporary closure is an opportunity for implementing temporary safe bicycling improvements.
Santa Monica City Council Pushes for Dedicated Funding, Staff for Safer Streets
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Santa Monica's City Council is moving to take Vision Zero more seriously.
Don’t Look to Sacramento to Fix California’s Housing Crisis, Says New Report
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A report by California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office released Wednesday lays out the limits of state power to solve California’s worsening housing crisis.
Can We Cool It with the Ballot Box Planning Measures Already?
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With defeats of Measures S and LV, voters have rejected the myth that the problems of urban planning can be solved with a simple yes-or-no vote at the ballot box
State Legislators Put California’s Housing Crisis in the Crosshairs
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At a press conference in San Francisco Friday, state legislators announced their plans to tackle California’s growing housing crisis. As a lack of new housing construction continues to make California unaffordable for all but the wealthiest households, Assemblymembers Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), and Kevin Mullin […]