This (Wednesday) afternoon, the California Senate Insurance Committee will consider a bill whose author, Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), claims its aim is to protect pedestrians - but which would instead kill bike- and scooter-share systems in California.
The outgoing Executive Director of Bike East Bay, one of the Bay Area's biggest and and most active bike advocacy organizations, reflects on the group's efforts to center mobility justice and to embody it within its organizational structure.
The ordinance was part of Buscaino's larger effort to position himself as The Only Candidate for Mayor Prepared to Reclaim Streets from Utter Lawlessness.