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Monday's L.A. Times attacked the California High Speed Rail Authority. Reporter Ralph Vartabedian claims a report shows cost overruns and delays, though the Times does not provide readers a chance to read the report for themselves.

In the first step of the budget process for 2017-2018, Governor Brown proposed a budget that shows fiscal restraint--and includes money for the Active Transportation Program.

Thrive Santa Ana hopes to turn vacant city-owned lots into affordable housing, community gardens, recreational space, economic incubators

Uber, claiming DMV rules don't apply to its self-driving cars, launched them onto San Francisco streets without a permit. One car immediately ran a red light, while others made dangerous right-hook turns, endangering bicyclists and pedestrians.

Lawmakers opened the first day of the California legislative session by introducing a slew of bills and resolutions to get things started. The two biggest bills—S.B. 1 from Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose) and A.B. 1 from Assembly member Jim Frazier (D-Oakley)—are pretty much identical, and pretty much the same bills that got nowhere in the Transportation Special Session that ended a few weeks ago.

Just before the California Transportation Commission (CTC) was set to approve staff recommendations on Active Transportation Program funding, the largest project on the list was moved down and is no longer recommended for funding. The immediate consequence is that funding is freed up for five other projects that hadn't previously made the cut-off.