Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about State Capitol Updates

CalBike: Support Active Transportation Funding Now

By Damien Newton | Sep 8, 2015 | No Comments

Last Friday afternoon, Melanie Curry broke the news of the introduction of Assembly Bill X1-23, a bill that would double state funding for active transportation projects, better known as bicycling and pedestrian projects. Immediately upon the bill’s introduction, the California Bicycle Coalition (CalBike) began urging members and interested parties to contact their legislators to get the […]

Breaking: Last-Second Bill Would Increase Active Transportation Funding

By Melanie Curry | Sep 4, 2015 | 9 Comments

This just in: Active transportation is finally getting some love in Sacramento. A bill was introduced today to double the funding available for projects and programs that encourage people to walk or ride bikes by making streets and paths safe and comfortable for them. Assemblymembers Eduardo Garcia, (D-Coachella), Autumn Burke (D-Los Angeles), and David Chiu […]

Op-Ed: Transportation Funding Talks Must Include Transit, Climate Change

By Melanie Curry | Sep 2, 2015 | No Comments

An op-ed piece in the Sacramento Bee this morning points out the strange disconnects in current legislative discussions on funding transportation. Authors Jeanie Ward-Waller, policy director of the California Bicycle Coalition, and Chanell Fletcher, senior California policy manager for the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, point out that “two deeply intertwined debates are underway […]

Another Fact-Free Attack on California Climate Change Bills

By Melanie Curry | Sep 2, 2015 | 1 Comment

There’s been a lot of media noise about ongoing efforts to pass new climate change legislation in California before the rapidly approaching deadline. One particular op-ed in the Orange County Register adds nothing useful to the debate, but as one of several efforts lately that have been working very hard to obscure facts, it deserves […]

Opaque Process Leaves Californians in the Dark about Transportation Funding

By Melanie Curry | Aug 28, 2015 | No Comments

Amid the swirling madness that is the final few weeks of the California legislative session—all bills must be voted on by September 11, or wait until next year—the question of how to raise, and spend, money on transportation is still very much up in the air. Increasingly, it looks like major decisions will be made […]

California Legislative Update: How to Fund Transportation

By Melanie Curry | Aug 21, 2015 | 1 Comment

The legislature came back from its summer break on Monday, and has only a month to resolve some big goals before the session ends on September 11. Over 600 bills are pending in both the Senate and the Assembly, plus there are behind-the-scenes negotiations on leftover budget issues and two concurrent special sessions aimed at […]

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