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Senator Jim Beall (D-Campbell), Chair of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee. Image: Screengrab from Digital Democracy

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Legislative Update: Equity on the CTC

By Melanie Curry | Jul 21, 2017 | 6 Comments

A.B. 179 tries to ensure that the concerns of people affected by transportation projects—not just those who use them—will be represented on the California Transportation Commission. But the bill has been softened to a statement on the need for diversity.

Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella Valley) testifies on his bill, A.B. 398, at yesterday's Assembly hearing. Image: Screengrab from CATV

CA Legislature Passes Cap & Trade Bill; Questions Remain

By Melanie Curry | Jul 18, 2017 | 4 Comments

California reauthorized its cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It's a landmark victory and a rare bipartisan accord; it brings some certainty to California climate change policy-- and it leaves a lot of open questions.

"We are lowering the cap every year," which is helping reducing greenhouse gases, said Governor Jerry Brown. Image: Screengrab from CATV

Cap-and-Trade Extension: It’s a Compromise, But It’s What We Got

By Melanie Curry | Jul 14, 2017 | 8 Comments

Many of the bill’s opponents at this hearing agree that there is no time to waste. They have been arguing that cap-and-trade is not working as intended—that its emission reductions are inadequate, and that in some cases the program has led to an increase in local emissions of other harmful pollutants by allowing industries to buy their way out of cleaning up their practices.

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Vote on Cap-and-Trade Bills Postponed to “Allow Discussion”

By Melanie Curry | Jul 12, 2017 | No Comments

Governor Brown is pushing hard to pass two bills that would reauthorize California's cap-and-trade system, but proponents of strong climate change policies say that the legislative package could seriously undermine those efforts.

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Legislative Update: Greenhouse Gas Targets, Rolling Turns, Fare Evasion, Disabled Placards, BART Housing

By Melanie Curry | Jun 28, 2017 | No Comments

The Assembly Transportation Committee heard and passed along several bills this week.

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Legislative Update: CTC Representation, Youth Transit Passes, GHG Emissions

By Melanie Curry | Jun 1, 2017 | 2 Comments

As Friday’s deadline approaches for bills to either be passed from their legislative house of origin or die, the halls of the capitol in Sacramento are getting hectic. Here is some of what has transpired in relation to sustainable transportation issues: Representation on the California Transportation Commission: A.B. 179, a bill that would require one […]

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