Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Budget

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Governor’s Proposed Budget Transportation Elements Sound Familiar

By Melanie Curry | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

The first chess move in a negotiation with the legislature contains a transportation proposal pretty much identical to last year's: finish the Central Valley segment of HSR, a bit more for ATP.

Sacramento's new Complete Streets policy will guide its implementation of projects like these. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

High-Speed Rail Impasse Means No Active Transportation Boost, Other Projects Also Denied Funding

By Melanie Curry | Sep 7, 2021 | No Comments

$500 million proposed as a one-time augmentation for Active Transportation Projects will go back to the General Fund - as will a total of $3.3 billion in other proposed allocations including for LA Olympics projects

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

E-bikes Included in CA Budget Bill: $10 Million in Incentives

By Melanie Curry | Jul 6, 2021 | No Comments

But equity language, which would have aimed incentives towards those least able to afford e-bikes, has been stripped out

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Senate, Assembly Pass Budget, Punting on Specifics

By Melanie Curry | Jun 15, 2021 | No Comments

There's lots of money for clean transportation, but details to be determined leave programs in the dark

Align California’s Budget Surplus with Key Environmental Plans

By ClimatePlan | Jun 7, 2021 | No Comments

This is a major opportunity to ensure that California's spending is aligned with several key state plans currently created or being created.

Legislature Doesn’t Want to Release Voter-Approved Prop 1A Funds to High Speed Rail… Yet?

By Melanie Curry | Jun 4, 2021 | No Comments

Ongoing, behind-the scenes negotiations between Governor Newsom, the Assembly, and the Senate on the 2021 budget continue this week in a push to meet the budget-signing deadline of June 30.

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