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#DamienTalks 42: Sam Tepperman-Gelfant and the Governor’s Housing Proposal

By Damien Newton | Jul 5, 2016 | No Comments

Today, #DamienTalks with Sam Tepperman-Gelfant, a senior staff attorney with Public Advocates about Governor Jerry Brown’s legislative language to streamline the environmental process for certain types of housing development. Public Advocates was one of the leaders in circulating a letter criticizing Brown’s language, charging that the governor’s stated goal won’t be met by his proposal. […]

#DamienTalks 40 – Brown’s Housing Legislation with Jason Islas

By Damien Newton | Jun 23, 2016 | 1 Comment

Today, #DamienTalks with Jason Islas, the editor of Santa Monica Next. This podcast featured Islas a couple of months ago to discuss a proposal by Assemblymember Richard Bloom to make it easier to build more housing. The spirit of Bloom’s proposal lives on in a rider to the California Budget by Governor Jerry Brown. Islas […]

#DamienTalksSGV 11 – Metro, Cacciotti and 626 Golden Streets

By Damien Newton | Jun 21, 2016 | No Comments

This week, #DamienTalks with Laura Cornejo, the sustainability officer for Metro and the lead for Metro’s Open Streets events program. Metro has been funding numerous Open Streets events throughout L.A. County. Metro’s initial open streets funding cycle finishes up this weekend with 626 – an amazing 18-mile long multi-jurisdictional car-free party. 626 Golden Streets will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]

#DamienTalksSGV 9: Nancy Bond of Move Monrovia

By Damien Newton | May 25, 2016 | No Comments

This week, #DamienTalksSGV with Nancy Bond of Move Monrovia. Move Monrovia was originally formed to help the city plan for the Gold Line Station that opened earlier this year. However, the citizen’s group has continued to grow and has become instrumental in pushing the city to embrace infrastructure improvements to create safer avenues for walking and […]

#DamienTalks 39 – Big Bad Bike to Work Day in the East Bay with David Campbell

By Damien Newton | May 23, 2016 | No Comments

This week, #DamienTalks with Dave Campbell of Bike East Bay. According to Melanie Curry, Bike East Bay runs the “biggest, baddest Bike to Work Day in the world.” Earlier this month, she wrote, “What’s indisputable is that Bike East Bay, then known as the East Bay Bicycle Coalition, kicked off its first Bike to Work Day […]

#DamienTalks 38 – TOD Planning in San Diego with Circulate’s Colin Parent

By Damien Newton | May 16, 2016 | 1 Comment

Today, #DamienTalks with Colin Parent, the policy counsel for Circulate San Diego. Last week, Circulate released the first of a series of reports that look at how the city’s policies support, or hinder, the city’s efforts to meets its environmental goals. Read the report, here. Last week’s report looked at San Diego’s parking policies and how […]

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