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Steinberg’s Cap-and-Trade Spending Plan Gains Momentum, No News on Deal

By Melanie Curry and Damien Newton | Jun 10, 2014 | 2 Comments

Despite being only 0.5 percent of the California budget, cap-and-trade revenue spending is emerging as a sticking point in Sacramento as Democrats in the Assembly, Senate, and Governor’s Office push three different spending plans. The legislature must approve a state budget by June 15. Each of the three proposed plans for spending cap-and-trade revenue to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) […]

Infographic: Comparing California’s Three Cap-and-Trade Spending Proposals

By Melanie Curry | Jun 6, 2014 | 2 Comments

In the midst of California’s state budget negotiations, the legislature must separately decide how to spend the state’s cap-and-trade revenue, be it on public transit, high-speed rail, affordable housing near transit, or other emissions-reducing programs. Three different proposals for slicing this new pie come from Governor Jerry Brown, the Senate, and the Assembly. In the next […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | May 30, 2014 | No Comments

The California Legislature saw a lot of action in the last two weeks on bills related to sustainable transportation. The deadline to pass bills out of committee was on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, and today is the deadline for all bills to be voted on by their houses of origin. If they couldn’t pass […]

CalBike Pushes for Protected Bike Lanes, Vulnerable User Laws in Sac

By Melanie Curry | May 23, 2014 | 1 Comment

The California Bicycle Coalition held its Advocacy Day this week in the state capitol to lobby legislators on several key policy reforms to promote bicycling. Joined by local bicycle groups from around the state and participants who finished the California Climate Ride in Sacramento, CalBike met with state legislators and staffers and urged them to support two […]

Dangerous by Design: CA Has Second-Highest Fatality Rate for Older Peds

By Melanie Curry | May 20, 2014 | No Comments

Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition released their Dangerous by Design 2014 [PDF] report today, showing that California has the nation’s second-highest pedestrian fatality rate for older pedestrians (age 65 and older). The report highlights the ways car-centric design in US cities makes streets dangerous for walking, and ranks major metropolitan areas using the […]

Steinberg: CA Cap-and-Trade Must Fund Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing

By Melanie Curry | May 19, 2014 | 54 Comments

Negotiations over the California state budget are producing dueling proposals on how best to spend revenue from the state’s cap-and-trade program. While Governor Jerry Brown continues to call for a third of the cap-and-trade funds to go to CA high-speed rail, Senate President ProTem Darrell Steinberg last week expanded upon his alternative proposal to spend a […]

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