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Assembly Passes Bills to Extend Greenhouse Gas Targets to 2030

By Melanie Curry | Aug 24, 2016 | 5 Comments

Today, the California Assembly passed A.B. 197, the companion bill to the Senate’s greenhouse gas reduction target bill, S.B. 32, which it passed yesterday. A.B. 197 will now go to Governor Jerry Brown to sign into law, which he has said he is eager to do. S.B. 32, which extends greenhouse gas reduction targets out […]

Legislative Update: Climate Change, Cap and Trade, Fare Evasion

By Melanie Curry | Aug 23, 2016 | 2 Comments

GREENHOUSE GAS TARGETS The Senate’s signature climate change bill, S.B. 32, cleared a hurdle this morning when it was approved by the Assembly on a vote of 42 to 29. The bill sets targets for California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020, when the current Global Warming Solutions Act will expire. S.B. 32 […]

California Senate Proposal for Cap-and-Trade Revenues Focuses on Equity

By Melanie Curry | Aug 17, 2016 | 1 Comment

The Senate released a spending plan for the unallocated portion of cap-and-trade revenues today, in the form of Assembly Bill 1613. The plan, say Senate leaders and advocates, focuses on environmental equity while supporting projects that will reduce greenhouse gases. Cap-and-trade revenues, raised at auction from companies that pollute, are required by law to be […]

CA Legislative Update: Student Transit Pass Bill Is Dead—For Now

By Melanie Curry | Aug 15, 2016 | 2 Comments

A bill that would have created a statewide program to fund low-cost transit passes for students stalled out in the Senate Appropriations Committee. There is still a slim chance to get something passed this session—more on that below—and there’s always next session, when bills can be introduced anew. But for now, A.B. 2222 from Assemblymember Chris […]

Legislative Update: GHG Targets, Cap&Trade, Transportation Special Session

By Melanie Curry | Aug 9, 2016 | No Comments

The California legislature returned from its summer break last week and now has one month to finish all the business it started in this session. If it can. Pending issues include a bill that would extend current greenhouse gas emissions goals past 2020, creating an expenditure plan for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and finding […]

Will California Legislature Make it Legal to Roll through Red Lights?

By Melanie Curry | Aug 2, 2016 | 16 Comments

No, this is not about a bill to allow bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs, sorry. This is about a bill that supposedly set out to lower fines for cars that turn right on red without stopping. It is sailing unopposed through the state legislature. The bill, S.B. 986 from Senator Jerry Hill […]

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