• Climate action is still urgently needed ASAP (LA Times, NY Times)
• Scientists are ready to go on strike to bring attention to climate change (NY Times)
• Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is ready to gut EPA’s authority to regulate climate-change-causing emissions (Inside Climate News, New York Times, Vox, Slate, S&P Global)
• California’s cap-and-trade auction sells out at record price (ClimateWire)
• A downtown Oakland street is slated for a total makeover (Oaklandside) Palo Alto will keep a car-free street (Palo Alto)
• New bridge over future high speed rail completed in Fresno County (RT&S)
• San Diego transit ridership slowly rising (Mass Transit)
• A look at the bill to coordinate transit in the SF Bay Area (Gov Tech)
• HCD rejects LA’s Housing Element, and other planning news bits (California Planning & Development Report)
• “Forced gentrification”: When a city takes over maintenance of a house (SF Chronicle)
• Newsom left it out of his budget, but community groups still want a fund for health, equity, and racial justice (CalMatters)

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• It bears repeating: UN report urgent urgent climate action, NOW (LA Times)
• Confirmed: California still in drought (SF Chronicle)
• California climate action plans pay lip service to equity (CapRadio)
• Your SUV is a killer (Slate)
• The concept of induced demand is hard to explain (Governing)
• Walkability is just one factor in neighborhood health profiles (Popular Science)
• Fresno Co Supervisors refuse to fund a study into local health impacts of climate change (Fresno Bee)
• Contactless fare-payment systems are great for students, route efficiency (GovTech)
• Hundreds oppose Ontario plan to allow more warehouses (Daily Bulletin)
• How San Jose has been spending Google money – housing, tenant assistance, more (Mercury News)
• Irvine to forgo property taxes in return for “missing middle income” housing (OC Register)

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• UN Report: Urgent action needed on climate change, NOW (LA Times)
• To reduce congestion, add more bike lanes (Gov Tech)
• Ride-hail apps can encourage people to walk or bike for shorter trips (Planetizen)
• The radical roots of bike-share (Bloomberg)
• Burbank Airport sues CA High Speed Rail (LA Times)
• CA bill would require transit agencies to address street harassment (OC Breeze)
• San Diego’s North County Transit District seeks developers for its station areas (Del Mar Times)
• What US cities are learning from basic universal income programs (Bloomberg)
• Why are all these Assemblymembers quitting? (Capitol Weekly)

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