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Governor Signs Bill to Ease Parking Requirements for Affordable Housing

By Melanie Curry | Oct 13, 2015 | No Comments

Governor Jerry Brown had a Sunday deadline to sign legislation or veto it. Late in the day on Friday he signed Assembly Bill 744, which allows affordable housing developers to build less parking than many local zoning regulations currently permit. The bill is a victory for affordable housing advocates, who have been saying for a […]

CA Legislative Update: Bike Lights and Three Feet for Safety

By Melanie Curry | Apr 24, 2015 | No Comments

Here is our regular roundup of California legislation of interest to livable streets advocates. As always, let us know if we missed anything in the comments. Freshman Assemblymember Kansen Chu (D-San Jose) has listened to feedback and amended his bike light bill, A.B. 28. It started out badly, requiring a flashing white rear light on […]

CA Legislative Update: Raise the Gas Tax? Cap and Trade, HOT Lanes

By Melanie Curry | Apr 17, 2015 | No Comments

Bills have started moving through committees in both houses of the California legislature as the hearing season starts. For those of you just joining us, we try to provide a regular roundup of legislation of interest to livable streets advocates. Highlights from the current session are included the bills below. Let us know if we […]

CA Legislature’s New Session: Hit-and-Run, Cap-and-Trade, No Tolls for Bikes

By Melanie Curry | Dec 9, 2014 | No Comments

A new California legislative session started last week with the swearing-in of ten new Senators and 27 new Assemblymembers, the introduction of a hundred new bills between the two houses, and adjournment until January 5. These first-out-of-the-gate bills can be discussed in hearings as soon as the legislature reconvenes, since by then they will have […]

CA Environmental Groups Grade Legislators

By Melanie Curry | Oct 31, 2014 | No Comments

It’s scorecard season in California. Advocacy groups are giving grades to legislators based on how they voted on bills in the last year’s sessions, and releasing the scores just in time to influence next week’s election. The California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) and the Sierra Club both scored legislators according to how they voted on environmental […]

CalBike Looks Back at the Year in Progress for Bicycling in California

By Ryan Price | Oct 21, 2014 | No Comments

Editor’s note: Here’s the California Bicycle Coalition’s (CalBike) post-session wrap-up of its efforts to promote bicycling through state legislation, authored by CalBike’s Ryan Price. It was originally posted on CalBike’s website. We edited it slightly for length. California is poised to become one of the most bike-innovative states in the nation. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) got […]

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