Recent Streetsblog SF posts about State Senate

Senate Hearing Highlights Report on Caltrans’ Car-Centric Ways

By Melanie Curry | Feb 13, 2014 | No Comments

With a recent report calling out the need for Caltrans to focus less on building highways and more on letting cities build people-friendly streets, state legislators have an eye trained on the agency’s progress towards reform. The California Senate’s Transportation and Housing Committee held a hearing yesterday to discuss the new report [PDF], conducted by the […]

Legislative Wrap: How Livable Streets Bills Fared in Sacramento

By Damien Newton | Sep 16, 2013 | No Comments

Last week was a busy one in Sacramento as lawmakers scrambled to compromise and pass important pieces of legislation while others will have to “wait ’til next year.” Streetsblog offers the following scorecard for some of the most important pieces of legislation that will impact the drive to create livable streets. We’re putting the bill’s […]

New “Kings Arena” CEQA Bill Would Still Nix LOS in “Transit Priority Areas”

By Damien Newton | Sep 13, 2013 | No Comments

Steinberg’s hasty press conference held after the passage of SB 743 Last night, both California’s Senate and Assembly passed SB 743, Senator Darrell Steinberg’s legislation that replaced his original CEQA reform bill, SB 731, which promised to end the reign of Level of Service (LOS) in California urban planning. SB 743 would still eliminate of LOS to […]

Like Bike Lanes and Transit? Hope You Like the Sacramento Kings Too.

By Autumn Bernstein | Sep 12, 2013 | No Comments

Note: This post originally appeared at Climate Plan. What do the hoop dreams of a software mogul have to do with CEQA reform? As of last night, everything. In the waning days of session, strange things happen in Sacramento. Late last night, Senate President pro Tem Steinberg announced that he cut a deal with Governor […]

CEQA Reform Update: Is This the End for LOS?

By Damien Newton | Sep 11, 2013 | No Comments

Finally, some sanity may be coming to California’s most important environmental protection law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Under current law, all projects, be they rail lines, bike plans, or new buildings would have to prove that it would not impact local driving times or it would have to complete a costly mitigation plan. […]

Gov. Brown Could Sign Bill to Help Finance Sustainable Development in CA

By Damien Newton | Aug 9, 2013 | No Comments

Governor Jerry Brown is poised to sign a bill that would enable cities and counties in California to finance regional smart growth plans and sustainable transportation improvements through the creation of Sustainable Communities Investment Authorities. SB 1, authored by State Senator Darrell Steinberg, is aimed at restoring some of the financing mechanisms lost after Brown […]

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