Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Governor Greenhouse

Boxer Seeks to Bypass Courts on Emissions

By Damien Newton | Feb 29, 2008 | 2 Comments

Not content to let the courts handle it, California’s Junior Senator Barbara Boxer has introduced legislation, S. 2555, that would over rule the EPA and allow states to set their own emissions standards for automobiles. The Senator announced the legislation in an email to supportes that urges them to go to Boxer’s website to email […]

First thought on the Governor’s Budget

By Damien Newton | Jan 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

During his speech at today’s "LA County Transportation Funding Collaborative" Conference on funding, Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-LA) predicted that "Transportation isn’t going to take as big a hit as people think." (Much more on this conference tomorrow morning.) Well, the budget is in, what do people think? The Governor”s Budget promised a 10% reduction across […]

State of the State: Here Come Public-Private Partnerships

By Damien Newton | Jan 9, 2008 | No Comments

During his "State of the State" speech yesterday, Governor Schwarzenegger didn’t spend too much time on transportation (and none on transportation reform). But what time he did spend shows how he’s planning on meeting our funding needs: public private partnerships. The Governor will be introducing legislation to make public-private partnerships (which for some reason he […]

Federal Government: CO2 Emissions Growing from Transportation Sector

By Damien Newton | Dec 5, 2007 | No Comments

For as long as the government has been keeping track of such things, the amount of greenhouse gases put into the environment by the transportation sector has grown year by year. Growing at almost the same speed has been the amount of miles people travel in their cars. With CA spending more and more efforts […]

Once-ler of the Week

By Damien Newton | Nov 2, 2007 | No Comments

Congratulations to Governor Schwarzenegger for being the first winner of the Once-ler of the week award. So far he’s managed to avoid any blame for Foothill Transit’s fare hike, but the root cause of the hike and the structure of the hike can be traced directly to state policy. At the end of the speaker’s […]

News Analysis: Can’t We Find a Better Way to Reduce the Pollution Caused by Cars?

By Damien Newton | Oct 17, 2007 | No Comments

For example, maybe we could try to have fewer cars on the road? In the press event on the $150 million plan to reduce congestion by improving traffic signals in LA, both Governor Schwarzenegger bragged about how the new system will reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. The press release from the Governor’s office quotes […]