Recent Streetsblog SF posts about State Assembly

CA Assembly Bill Would Create Alert System For Hit-and-Run Crashes

By Damien Newton | Jun 13, 2014 | No Comments

It is too common a story. A family is crossing the street or some friends are bicycling along when a negligent car driver changes their lives forever. While the victims lie wounded in the street, the driver flees and is never heard from again. Advocates for safe streets, victims of hit-and-run crashes, and their friends […]

Deal Reached on CA’s Cap-and-Trade Spending Plan

By Melanie Curry | Jun 13, 2014 | No Comments

Earlier this evening, the bicameral Budget Conference Committee approved a compromise between state legislators and Governor Brown on how to spend $850 million in revenues from the state’s cap-and-trade system for the next fiscal year. The new plan largely stuck to the Governor’s original proposal for the first year of the expenditure plan, but it […]

Steinberg’s Cap-and-Trade Spending Plan Gains Momentum, No News on Deal

By Melanie Curry and Damien Newton | Jun 10, 2014 | No Comments

Despite being only 0.5 percent of the California budget, cap-and-trade revenue spending is emerging as a sticking point in Sacramento as Democrats in the Assembly, Senate, and Governor’s Office push three different spending plans. The legislature must approve a state budget by June 15. Each of the three proposed plans for spending cap-and-trade revenue to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) […]

Infographic: Comparing California’s Three Cap-and-Trade Spending Proposals

By Melanie Curry | Jun 9, 2014 | No Comments

In the midst of California’s state budget negotiations, the legislature must separately decide how to spend the state’s cap-and-trade revenue, be it on public transit, high-speed rail, affordable housing near transit, or other emissions-reducing programs. Three different proposals for slicing this new pie come from Governor Jerry Brown, the Senate, and the Assembly. This week, legislators […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | May 30, 2014 | No Comments

The California Legislaturee saw a lot of action in the last two weeks on bills related to sustainable transportation. The deadline to pass bills out of committee was on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, and today is the deadline for all bills to be voted on by their houses of origin. If they couldn’t […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Apr 25, 2014 | No Comments

This week and the next are busy ones in Sacramento. Next Friday, May 2, is the last day policy committees (e.g. Transportation and Housing) can discuss bills that require a hearing in any fiscal committees (e.g. Appropriations). Here’s Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of legislation and events related to sustainable transportation at the California capitol. A.B. 2398, […]

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