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Governor’s Veto of State Budget a Good or Bad Thing?

By Damien Newton | Sep 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Candidate Schwarzenegger, Transit Rider As details of the state budget, that Governor Schwarzenegger has threatened to veto before it has been passed, emerge a familar trend emerged. Continuing a proud tradition in California politics, the proposed budget balanced the budget by taking $1 billion earmarked for transit and transportation. While this will even the ledger […]

Feuer’s Office Confident that Governor Will Sign A.B. 2321

By Damien Newton | Sep 4, 2008 | 2 Comments

Earlier this morning, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer held a public hearing on Los Angeles’ needs from the federal government in terms of transportation dollars. Streetsblog will have complete coverage of the meeting tomorrow. However, the testimony of Assembly Speaker Karen Bass raised a new concern with me. Is A.B. 2321, the legislation authorizing Measure R […]

Legislature Passes Groundbreaking Anti-Sprawl Measure

By Damien Newton | Sep 2, 2008 | No Comments

In addition to passing legislation authorizing Metro to begin a "Congestion Pricing" program and allowing Metro to place a half cent sales tax proposition on the fall ballot, the legislature also passed S. 375. S. 375 is first of its kind legislation that ties land use patterns to emissions and penalizes cities and municipalities that […]

Weekend Update: Assembly Joins Senate, Passes Ammended A.B. 2321

By Damien Newton | Aug 31, 2008 | 3 Comments

I just received an email from Assemblyman Feuer’s office, that the California Assembly passed A.B. 2121 as amended by the State Senate. That means that unless Governor Schwarzenegger vetoes the legislation, we will have a sales tax proposal on the fall ballot. The measure needed to be passed by midnight today. Below is the text […]

Breaking News: Governor Agrees to Sign High-Speed Rail Bill

By Damien Newton | Aug 26, 2008 | 10 Comments

As we continue to await word on whether we’ll be able to vote on Metro’s sales tax proposal, alternative transportation advocates did get some good news out of Sacramento earlier today. Governor Schwarzenegger, who famously declared he would veto all legislation that didn’t have to do with the state budget, reversed course and said he […]

Politicians Threaten High Speed Rail Ballot Proposal

By Damien Newton | Jul 15, 2008 | 7 Comments

High Speed Rail in Taiwan What is it with the State Senate and not wanting to let voters have their say on transportation infrastructure? The Sacramento Bee reports that Senators from both parties and Governor Schwarzenegger cannot reach accord on how best to conduct oversight of the proposed project, and now the legislation needed to […]

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