Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about State Agencies

The health effects of increased physical activity as a result of climate change policies have an economic value. Image: CARB

CARB Considers Alternatives to Cap-and-Trade

By Melanie Curry | Feb 16, 2017 | 8 Comments

The California Air Resources Board will postpone its decision on strategies to meet 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets until June. Staff presented a proposed alternative to cap-and-trade that at least one listener called a "straw man."

CA Transportation Funding Bill Passes its First Committee Hearing

By Melanie Curry | Feb 15, 2017 | 7 Comments

The urgency has only increased since last year, but the only thing all participants seem to agree on is that something needs to be done.

Meetings Set for Statewide Bike and Pedestrian Plan Feedback

By Melanie Curry | Feb 10, 2017 | 1 Comment

Meetings are set for Northern, Southern, and Central California, all with webinar components, so you can add your voice to the draft bicycle and pedestrian plan.

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Draft CA Statewide Bike and Pedestrian Plan Ready for Public Comment

By Melanie Curry | Feb 8, 2017 | 5 Comments

This statewide bike and pedestrian plan should also rightfully serve as the underpinning for local and regional bike and pedestrian plans, and for that reason alone needs to be a strong statement about the relevance and importance of encouraging these active modes of transportation.

Strategic Growth Council staff led several workshops on "lessons learned" with the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program. Photo: Melanie Curry

Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Workshops: What Needs Fixing? Asks Staff

By Melanie Curry | Dec 21, 2016 | 1 Comment

The ambitions of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program overwhelm its size. It funds affordable housing and transportation projects using funds from cap-and-trade—which means all its projects, first and foremost, have to reduce greenhouse gases. But that's far from the program's only goal.

California's greenhouse gas emissions targets will require a steep reduction in emissions from all sectors. Image from ARB 2030 Draft Scoping Plan.

CA Air Resources Board Releases Draft Plan for Extending Emission Targets

By Melanie Curry | Dec 2, 2016 | 3 Comments

The California Air Resources Board thinks that cap-and-trade is the best way to reach greenhouse gas emission reduction targets set by the state, and is formulating a plan to extend it beyond 2020.

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