Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Legislation

Dems, Repubs Far Apart on Solving CA Transportation Funding

By Melanie Curry | Jul 6, 2015 | 1 Comment

The California legislature held its first joint special session on transportation funding just before the holiday weekend. The session was called by Governor Jerry Brown when he and the legislature punted some big decisions so they could sign a budget before the June 30 deadline. The first extraordinary session of the Transportation and Infrastructure Development […]

Amended Hit-and-Run Alert System Bill Sails Through Committee

By Damien Newton | Jun 30, 2015 | 1 Comment

After last week’s warning that Assemblymember Mike Gatto’s legislation to create a “Yellow Alert” system was imperiled by Senate Transportation and Housing Committee staff and the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) objections, there was a feeling of a looming showdown before today’s committee hearing. Assembly Bill 8 would create a system to use electronic road signs and the emergency alert […]

CHP Opposes Gatto’s Yellow Alert for Hit-and-Run Legislation

By Damien Newton | Jun 26, 2015 | No Comments

Earlier this week, news slowly leaked out that the California Highway Patrol (CHP) was opposing Assembly Bill 8, legislation by Asm. Mike Gatto that would create a “yellow alert” system after deadly hit-and-run crashes. The system would use electronic road signs and the emergency alert system to notify people when a deadly hit-and-run crash occurred […]

CA Budget Revision Shows No Increase for Active Transportation

By Melanie Curry | May 15, 2015 | 1 Comment

Governor Jerry Brown’s “May revise” of his January budget plan, released yesterday, did not include any increases in funding for the Active Transportation Program (ATP), the main source of funds for building bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure in California. A broad coalition of over 120 advocacy organizations recently called for increasing funding for the ATP by […]

Assembly Committee Moves Bill to Delay Level Of Service Phase-Out

By Melanie Curry | Apr 29, 2015 | 5 Comments

Buried in a five-hour long meeting of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee yesterday, a short discussion ended in a vote to move legislation that will delay the state’s shift away from car-centric planning. A.B. 779. The bill aims to slow the removal of Level of Service (LOS) from California environmental regulations by delaying implementation of guidelines […]

Interview: Mike Gatto Talks Hit and Runs and Why Jerry Brown Will Get Behind a “Yellow Alert” System

By Damien Newton | Apr 22, 2015 | 3 Comments

Last week, I conducted a phone interview with Assemblyman Mike Gatto, best known to Streetsblog readers for his tireless work fighting for tougher laws to prevent hit and run drivers. While Gatto’s efforts have proven popular with safety advocates, his center piece legislation to create a statewide hit and run alert system was vetoed last […]

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