Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Assembly

Transportation Committee Hears Bills: Active Transpo, High-Speed Rail, More

By Melanie Curry | Apr 12, 2016 | No Comments

A marathon hearing in the Assembly Transportation Committee yesterday was a sign of looming deadlines in the California legislature. It was also an illustration of the strange and sometimes surreal world in which California’s laws are debated and created. An hour before the hearing, a coalition of groups working on equity and transportation presented a […]

A Few Bad Bills

By Melanie Curry | Mar 31, 2016 | 2 Comments

The California legislature is back from spring recess and the process of hearing and arguing about bills is beginning in earnest. In the next few days, Streetsblog California will talk about some exciting bills coming up that may need your support. But first, we’ll take a quick look at a few bills that are not […]

California Streetsies: Richard Bloom for Legislator of the Year

By Melanie Curry | Jan 6, 2016 | 1 Comment

Welcome to the California-wide Streetsie awards! SBCA did things a little differently from our sister Streetsblog sites for this first-ever round of California Streetsies. Instead of inviting our informed readers to weigh in, SBCA editors are selecting a few noteworthy recipients. Let us know if you agree, or who else you think deserves a California Streetsie […]

Governor Signs Bill to Ease Parking Requirements for Affordable Housing

By Melanie Curry | Oct 12, 2015 | 12 Comments

Governor Jerry Brown had a Sunday deadline to sign legislation or veto it. Late in the day on Friday he signed Assembly Bill 744, which allows affordable housing developers to build less parking than many local zoning regulations currently permit. The bill is a victory for affordable housing advocates, who have been saying for a […]

Governor Brown Signs Clean Energy Bill

By Melanie Curry | Oct 7, 2015 | 1 Comment

With the slightly smoggy skyline of Los Angeles as backdrop, Governor Jerry Brown today signed S.B. 350, the bill that codifies many of the climate change goals he outlined last January. The new state law, authored by Senators Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) and Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), mandates two goals for the state: to […]

Here’s the Committee That Could Fix CA’s Transportation Funding Crisis

By Melanie Curry | Sep 25, 2015 | 1 Comment

Senate and Assembly leaders appointed members to the joint committee that will now take up the issue of transportation funding as called for by Governor Jerry Brown last June. The Transportation Infrastructure Conference Committee will consider pending legislation that was leftover from the regular session, including bills that would increase funding for transit and for […]

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