Recent Streetsblog SF posts about State Assembly

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Apr 18, 2014 | No Comments

For social media coverage focused on statewide issues, follow Melanie Curry @currymel on Twitter or like our Facebook page. Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of legislation and events related to sustainable transportation at the California capitol. This week, the legislature was out for Spring Recess, giving legislative staff time to prepare for the onslaught of […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Apr 14, 2014 | No Comments

For social media coverage focused on statewide issues, follow Melanie @currymel on Twitter or like our Facebook page here. Here’s Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of legislation and events related to sustainable transportation at the California capitol. The big news out of Sacramento is that Caltrans endorsed the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide. S.B. 1183, Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord): […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Apr 4, 2014 | No Comments

For social media coverage of California’s statewide transportation issues, follow Melanie @currymel on Twitter or like the Streetsblog California Facebook page. Here’s Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of legislation and events related to sustainable transportation at the California capitol. News on the implementation of S.B. 743, which removes Automobile Level of Service from consideration as an environmental impact […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Mar 28, 2014 | No Comments

California’s legislative season is heating up, and both the Assembly and the Senate are beginning to read and discuss the bills wending their way though the session. Here’s Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of events and legislation related to transportation at the capitol. Today’s column focuses on four pieces of legislation that moved through the hearing process […]

Transportation Priorities Jostle for CA’s Cap-and-Trade Revenue

By Melanie Curry | Mar 21, 2014 | No Comments

A series of hearings in Sacramento have been revisiting California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, Assembly Bill (A.B.) 32, which calls for a statewide reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) to 1990 levels by 2020. Two recent hearings have opened discussions of Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed spending plan for the revenue received so far from the state’s […]

Bill Suspending Hit-and-Run Drivers’ Licenses Passes Assembly Committee

By Melanie Curry | Mar 12, 2014 | No Comments

The California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee voted 7-0 Tuesday to approve A.B. 1532, which would require an automatic license suspension for drivers who flee the scene of a crash where a person is hit, even if that person is not injured. That unanimous vote marks an exceptional win for the bill, which was introduced by […]

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