Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Cap-and-Trade

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. […]

CA Transportation Funding Should Reflect State Goals

By Melanie Curry | Apr 7, 2016 | 13 Comments

Transportation funding in California has, as SBCA readers must know by now, reached a “crisis.” Shrinking gas tax revenues, combined with an increasing reliance on local sales taxes limited to specific transportation projects, have left our overbuilt and under-maintained highways, roads, and bridges without enough funds to keep them in a basic state of good repair. […]

A Few Bad Bills

By Melanie Curry | Mar 31, 2016 | 2 Comments

The California legislature is back from spring recess and the process of hearing and arguing about bills is beginning in earnest. In the next few days, Streetsblog California will talk about some exciting bills coming up that may need your support. But first, we’ll take a quick look at a few bills that are not […]

Mapping the Benefits of California Climate Change Policy

By Melanie Curry | Mar 1, 2016 | No Comments

TransForm has updated and relaunched its Climate Benefits map, adding new data and a video about California’s climate investments. The map now includes a user-friendly “tour” to help people understand and search for data on where California’s cap-and-trade revenue goes. TransForm’s map is currently the only detailed, user friendly information available on the benefits produced by California’s […]

CA Must Align Tax and Climate Change Policies, Says UC Professor

By Melanie Curry | Feb 25, 2016 | 4 Comments

California’s tax policies are at odds with its climate change policies, said UC Berkeley Professor Karen Chapple in a talk yesterday at the University of California Center in Sacramento. The current tax structure encourages big-box development and sprawl, she said, while making it difficult to build infill and high-density developments that could reduce auto dependence […]

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