Melanie Curry
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Legislative Update: Housing Bills Still in Play
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The bills address, generally, tenant protections, homelessness prevention and shelter, and encouraging more housing, sometimes by limiting restrictions local jurisdictions can apply.
Moreno Valley Hopes to Buy Its Way Out of Reducing Emissions from Proposed Megawarehouse
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The developer and city have claimed variously that: they do not have to estimate, analyze, or manage emissions because CA cap-and-trade program is responsible; then, that they would buy offsets through CA's cap-and-trade program; then, that they would buy offsets on the international market.
Two Reports Offer Recommendations for Preserving Transit
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Why do we think about transit as something that needs to prove its worth, that must show full buses and lots of riders, before we're willing to invest in it? It makes more sense to acknowledge that public transit benefits everyone, riders or not, and that everyone should support it, both financially as well as through policies and priorities.
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition’s 2020 Bike Summit to Be Held Online
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Agenda for August 6-7 event includes two days of discussion and a virtual bike tour of Palo Alto
CA Transit Association Asks for Help to Stave Off Transit Collapse
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Steep drops in ridership and the elimination of fare payments have caused huge revenue losses, but the need to keep operating buses and trains to get essential workers to their jobs did not diminish.
Caltrans Updates Plan to Support Biking, Walking, and Transit
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Caltrans publicly commits to prioritizing actions that identify, evaluate, and fund active transportation projects
Active Transportation Program Seeks Evaluators for Next Funding Round
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Interested parties should put their name in the hat by July 13.
New Rule on Environmental Impacts of Driving, Long Awaited, Goes Into Effect on Wednesday
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And Caltrans will host a webinar tomorrow, open to all, to discuss "Rethinking How We Build So Californians Can Drive Less."
Grants Issued for Affordable Housing, Transformative Climate Communities, Climate Change Research
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Strategic Growth Council awards a pile of implementation and planning grants for sustainable, healthy communities
California Transportation Commission Passes Complete Streets Funding and Talks About Equity
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It remains to be seen how these discussions will change future decision-making.
Governor Appoints Two New California Transportation Commissioners
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Paul Van Konynenberg, the problematic CTC chair, is out. The new appointees represent labor and business development. One more commission seat remains up in the air.
Evictions Still on Hold, For Now: Judicial and Legislative Moves
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California's Judicial Council declined to lift the temporary eviction moratorium, and a bill was introduced that would codify eviction protections beyond the judicial ban on serving eviction notices.