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The Los Angeles City Council receives a virtual presentation on the Hyperion wastewater spill at their August 10, 2021 meeting.

L.A. City Council Takes Aim at Proposed Law to Preserve Virtual/Telephone Public Comment

By Damien Newton | Aug 10, 2021 | No Comments

The L.A. City Council voted to oppose A.B. 339, legislation introduced by Assemblymember Alex Lee, that would require large cities and counties to continue to allow virtual and telephone public comment

Newsom Signs S.B. 51, Durazo’s Legislation that Changes Law on Caltrans Tenant Property Sales

By Damien Newton | Aug 3, 2021 | No Comments

S.B. 51 changes a four-decades-old Roberti law that governs how Caltrans-owned residential properties along the canceled 710 freeway corridor will be sold

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Legislative Update: Last Gasp for Important Legislation as Bills Sail Through Committees

By Damien Newton | Jul 14, 2021 | No Comments

In the next few days, current bills that have already passed their house of origin are being heard by committees in the other house. All must be passed – or held, or die – before the legislature goes on summer break, starting this Friday, July 16.

Bikes parked in front of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento

Update: E-bike Incentives Are Funded, Policy Bill Will Add Equity Guidelines

By Melanie Curry | Jul 9, 2021 | No Comments

$10 million has been set aside in the state budget to help people in California buy e-bikes. An accompanying policy bill, A.B. 117, will contain rules to make sure the money goes to people who need it most.

E-bikes Included in CA Budget Bill: $10 Million in Incentives

By Melanie Curry | Jul 6, 2021 | No Comments

But equity language, which would have aimed incentives towards those least able to afford e-bikes, has been stripped out

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Legislative Update: Bikes at Stop Signs, Jaywalking, and Camera Enforcement on Buses

By Melanie Curry | Jun 29, 2021 | No Comments

Key transportation safety and equity bills move forward after Senate Transportation Hearing

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