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

Legislative Update: Deadlines under COVID Pressures

By Melanie Curry | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

Today is the last day to amend bills in Sacramento. August 31 is the last day to reconcile bills in both houses. The legislative agenda has been pared to the bone, but pressure is high to get some kind of housing fixes passed. While the Judicial Council removed its moratorium on evictions during COVID, leaving […]

A.B. 3040 would encourage cities to zone for more duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes. All illustrations by Alfred Twu

Legislative Update: Housing Bills Still in Play

By Alfred Twu and Melanie Curry | Jul 30, 2020 | No Comments

The bills address, generally, tenant protections, homelessness prevention and shelter, and encouraging more housing, sometimes by limiting restrictions local jurisdictions can apply.

Lee Ann Eager with former Governor Jerry Brown

Governor Appoints Two New California Transportation Commissioners

By Melanie Curry | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

Paul Van Konynenberg, the problematic CTC chair, is out. The new appointees represent labor and business development. One more commission seat remains up in the air.

Help Defend High-Speed Rail

By Roger Rudick | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

And the LA Times drops more misinformation to back up SoCal lawmakers' anti-HSR money grab

A rendering of the Embarcadero enhancement project... just one of many that could go in faster if the environmental review of this bike lane can be streamlined. Image: SFMTA

Bill Would Streamline Transit, Bike, and Ped Projects

By Roger Rudick | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments

Somewhere along the way California's environmental laws were subverted... S.B. 288 is a another small step towards correcting that

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Evictions Still on Hold, For Now: Judicial and Legislative Moves

By Melanie Curry | Jun 12, 2020 | No Comments

California's Judicial Council declined to lift the temporary eviction moratorium, and a bill was introduced that would codify eviction protections beyond the judicial ban on serving eviction notices.

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