Melanie Curry
Recent Posts
Mitigation Banks: How Benefits from Upcoming CEQA Change Could Be Captured, Shared, Amplified
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A new report takes a look at a pioneering new way to handle mitigation under the California Environmental Quality Act that has huge potential benefits for communities far beyond a particular development.
Legislative Update: Governor Brown’s Last Bills
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Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force, bike-miles-driven incentives, housing, CEQA, and a few stadiums
Berkeley’s First People-Protected Bike Lane Protest
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Berkeley's Bike Plan calls for protected bike lanes on Milvia St., one of its most heavily used bikeways. But those lanes won't be built for years. Walk Bike Berkeley wants the city to work faster.
Fact Checking Arguments for Repealing the Gas Tax
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These are not reasons to vote for Prop 6
Comic Book Hero Fights for Safer Streets
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Circulate SD's latest weapon in the battle for safe streets: comic book here Captain VZ, for “Vision Zero."
Brown Signs Scooter Bill and Other Scooter News
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Also: Lime appeals San Francisco pilot program decision, Bird reaches milestone--and what about those e-scooter dangers?
Legislative Update: Brown Signs Bills on Electric Vehicles, Bike Miles Driven, Street Vending
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California will begin regulating emissions from ride-hail companies, sometime, soonish--and give them credit for bike-miles driven. Governor Brown signed that and several other livability bills.
The Point of California’s Global Climate Action Summit
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The focus of the summit was on industry's bottom line, and whether it's possible to “do good while doing well,” rather than encouraging people to make the changes necessary to slow climate change.
Global Climate Action Summit Brings Thousands to San Francisco
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"Everyone needs to engage, especially at the local level, and especially with their city councils. And we need to be making lifestyle changes.”
Is the E-scooter Bill under Attack?
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Several articles in mainstream media outlets describe a "spike" in injuries to e-scooter riders, while a bill aiming to encourage scooter riding is waiting for the governor to sign it.
Governor Brown Signs Clean Energy Bill
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A “historic moment” as California sets ambitious targets to reach 50 percent renewable energy by 2026
Legislative Update: Bills Supporting More, Fairer, and Infill Housing
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Bills that make changes to the way regions set and enforce housing allocations, that expand exemptions from the California Environmental quality Act, and that affirm fair housing rules.