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CA Taking Applications for Cap-and-Trade Transit-Oriented Housing Funds

By Melanie Curry | Feb 3, 2015 | No Comments

[Update: the date of the workshop in Oakland was changed on 2/4/15; change is reflected below.] The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program has issued its call for projects [PDF], and a series of technical assistance workshops begin today in San Diego. The AHSC, which receives 20 percent of its funding through CA cap-and-trade, is designed to […]

CA Active Transportation Program Funding Unchanged for Next Two Years

By Melanie Curry | Jan 27, 2015 | No Comments

Although Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed FY 2015 budget showed a decrease in the line item for the Active Transportation Program (ATP), Caltrans Budget Chief Steven Keck assured the California Transportation Commission at its meeting last week that the change was technical and the funding level would be the same as last year’s. Caltrans Director Malcolm […]

CA Adopts Guidelines for Cap-and-Trade Affordable Housing Program

By Melanie Curry | Jan 21, 2015 | No Comments

Yesterday the Strategic Growth Council adopted guidelines for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program and scheduled workshops for early February to provide technical assistance to potential applicants. California’s Strategic Growth Council is a state committee that coordinates a variety of activities by multiple state agencies, including efforts to improve air and water quality, […]

Active Transportation Gets Less Money in CA Budget Proposal

By Melanie Curry | Jan 20, 2015 | No Comments

Governor Jerry Brown’s recently proposed 2015-16 budget summary [PDF] released on January 9 included a passing reference to $360 million previously allocated for the Active Transportation Program (ATP), but the budget summary offered no details about future funding, nor what allocations for the coming year might be. The details were released late that afternoon, and […]

Report: CA Cap-and-Trade Program Is Up to Snuff

By Melanie Curry | Jan 14, 2015 | No Comments

The Environmental Defense Fund released a report this morning that says the second year of California’s cap-and-trade program is a success on several fronts. The report, “Carbon Market California Year Two” [PDF], follows up on its first-year report by analyzing results from the 2013-14 cap-and-trade program. Cap-and-trade is the part of California’s climate change law […]

2015 CA State Transportation Budget: More of the Same

By Melanie Curry | Jan 9, 2015 | No Comments

Governor Jerry Brown released his preliminary budget proposal [PDF] today in Sacramento, missing the opportunity to articulate the connection between spending on roads and meeting the climate change goals he proposed Monday in his inaugural speech. The draft budget holds no huge surprises for sustainable transportation advocates. It mostly follows last year’s budget for transportation spending. […]

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