Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about State Agencies

Cap-and-Trade May Not Be Working

By Melanie Curry | | 16 Comments
At last week’s California Air Resources Board hearing to discuss its plan for meeting climate change goals, the cap-and-trade system that has underpinned much of the state’s efforts got raked over the coals. But not by the industries subject to the emissions cap. Instead, representatives of the communities that are supposed to benefit from investments […]

CalBike Reminds Local Leaders: It’s Okay to Build Protected Bike Lanes

By Melanie Curry | | 1 Comment
The California Bicycle Coalition launched an unusual campaign this week to inform local leaders that building protected bikeways is not only allowed, but encouraged. In the past designing and building separated or protected bike lanes was deemed too difficult or impossible because of Caltrans’ disapproval. The state planning department, although it doesn’t control every local […]

Governor Brown Signs Legislation Extending CA Climate Change Targets

By Joe Linton | | 4 Comments
In a signing ceremony at Vista Hermosa Park in Los Angeles today, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation extending state climate change targets through at least 2030. The governor was joined by key legislators who shepherded the legislation’s approval. These included Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin De Leon, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, Senator Fran Pavley, Assemblymember […]

State Updates Measure of What Makes a Community “Disadvantaged,” Workshops Start Today

By Melanie Curry | | 8 Comments
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is updating CalEnviroScreen, holding a series of workshops and webinars starting this week and continuing throughout September—see the end of this post for locations and details. The first one takes place in Los Angeles this evening. CalEnviroScreen is the official tool used by state agencies to […]

Caltrans Report: Speeding and Aggressive Driving Cause Most Crashes

By Melanie Curry | | 5 Comments
Caltrans crunched four-year-old collision data from the California Highway Patrol and found that nearly twenty percent of traffic-related fatalities and severe injuries are speed-related. In the 2013 report, the most recent year for which data is available, more than 71,000 collisions were attributed to speeding. Likewise, rear-end collisions occurred far more often than “sideswipes,” the […]
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