Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about State Capitol Updates

Governor Brown Signs Legislation Extending CA Climate Change Targets

By Joe Linton | | 4 Comments
In a signing ceremony at Vista Hermosa Park in Los Angeles today, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation extending state climate change targets through at least 2030. The governor was joined by key legislators who shepherded the legislation’s approval. These included Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin De Leon, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, Senator Fran Pavley, Assemblymember […]

Legislature Must Decide the Fate of Three Environmental Justice Bills Before Midnight

By Melanie Curry | | No Comments
Among the bills the state Senate and Assembly must decide upon before today’s deadline—the session ends at midnight tonight—are several that attempt to make up for past and current injustices by giving voice to the California communities that are most affected by climate change and pollution. This focus on environmental justice is finally gaining some […]

Op-Ed: Time to Enact a Practical Transportation Funding Plan

By Art Hadnett | | 11 Comments
In response to our recent story about legislative efforts to find a compromise on transportation funding, Streetsblog received the following post from Art Hadnett, president of HNTB’s West Division. HNTB is a national architecture, engineering, planning, and construction firm. Its first California project was Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco Bridge in 1914, and since then the firm […]

Opposition Grows To Problematic Assembly Taxicab Bill A.B. 650

By Joe Linton | | 4 Comments
It is no secret that taxis and ride-hail companies (Uber, Lyft) are in need of a more even playing field. California’s taxi industry is regulated tightly by local municipalities, generally cities. Ride-hail companies, also called TNCs (Transportation Network Companies), are regulated relatively laxly by the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC). But proposed state legislation that would theoretically […]
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