Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about State Capitol Updates

New CA Law Requires Temporary Plates for Newly Purchased Cars

By Damien Newton | Jul 26, 2016 | 1 Comment

Via Ted Rogers at Biking in L.A. comes news that the State of California will be joining dozens of other states in requiring all new cars to have temporary 90-day license plates. The goal of the law, A.B. 516, is to make it easier to identify drivers breaking the law, be they toll-lane scofflaws or […]

Legislative Update: Student Transit Passes, ATP, Equity in Climate Policies

By Melanie Curry | Jun 29, 2016 | 2 Comments

This week in Sacramento, policy committees are rushing through a last-minute load of bills. The July recess is looming, and this week is the last opportunity to pass bills in the 2015-16 session. That has led to limited public discussion in some committees, with committee chairs admonishing attendees to keep remarks short. Meanwhile amendments are […]

CA Legislative Update: ATP, Bikes, and Budget

By Melanie Curry | Jun 1, 2016 | 3 Comments

California budget negotiations have moved into high gear with the naming of Senate and Assembly members to the bicameral budget conference committee. Leaders of the two bodies named five members each—up from three in previous years—and the conference committee held its first hearing this morning. The committee’s job is to find agreement among the three […]

U.C. Institute For Transportation Studies Vies For Increased State Funding

By Joe Linton | May 31, 2016 | 1 Comment

California’s 2016 budget may include additional funding for sustainable transportation research, education, and outreach. The California Assembly’s proposed budget includes a $3 million increase for the University of California Institute of Transportation Studies. The funding increase was shepherded through the budget subcommittee by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, a SBCA Streetsie award winner. The budget item will now […]

Governor’s Budget Revision: Nothing New for Transportation

By Melanie Curry | May 13, 2016 | 3 Comments

Governor Brown issued his May revision of the state budget proposal, and in terms of transportation, it’s pretty much the same story we told in January. That is, he proposes a variety of new revenues, including a “road improvement charge” and higher gas taxes, to fix California’s transportation infrastructure. But the revision shows no fundamental […]

Beall Proposal Tries To End California Transportation Funding Stalemate

By Melanie Curry | Apr 28, 2016 | 1 Comment

Last year, Governor Brown called a “Special Session” to prod the California legislature to find solutions to what seemed an intractable problem: how to fund transportation needs in the state. Some bills were introduced, some hearings were held, but the biggest result of all the ballyhoo is a confirmation that the problem is, indeed, intractable. […]

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