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CA Bills to Crack Down on Hit-and-Run Drivers Sail Through Committees

By Melanie Curry | Jun 26, 2014 | No Comments

Two bills focused on addressing hit-and-run crashes, authored by CA Assemblymember Mike Gatto, appear quickly on their way to being passed. A.B. 47, which would create an alert system on California highways to help the public assist police in catching drivers involved in hit-and-run crashes, sailed through the Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday with a 6-1 […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Jun 23, 2014 | No Comments

Here is Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of California legislation related to sustainable transportation. Vulnerable Users Bill Watered Down: In its slog through the legislative process, AB 2398 from Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) was amended to lower the maximum fine on a conviction for causing bodily injury to a special class of “vulnerable road users” from $1,000 […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Jun 13, 2014 | No Comments

Here’s Streetsblog’s compilation of California legislative news for this week. Money, money, money: The legislature was focused on discussing the budget, which must be passed by Sunday at midnight for legislators to avoid having their pay docked. Bills that passed from one house to the other before last week’s deadline are in the midst of […]

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 […]

SGC Awards Grants to Boost Smarter Urban Planning in CA Cities

By Melanie Curry | Jun 11, 2014 | No Comments

The Strategic Growth Council, a state committee made up of representatives from six California agencies, awarded over $40 million in planning grants last week for projects large and small that are aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One of the grants went to the Los Angeles City Planning Department to help quantify the GHG emission reductions […]

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