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Is California Ready to Raise Its Vehicle License Fee?

By Damien Newton | Jan 8, 2014 | No Comments

Every state has its “third rail” that politicians are afraid to touch. When I began my advocacy career in New Jersey in 2004, politicians were deathly afraid of raising any tax after Democratic Governor Jim Florio was ousted in the solidly blue state because of tax increases he pushed through. Florio had been defeated over […]

Cap-and-Trade Could Be the Golden State’s Livable Streets Gold Mine

By Niall Huffman | Jan 8, 2014 | No Comments

(Streetsblog LA editor’s note: The debate over how to spend the state’s cap-and-trade funding source was already hot last year. This year, it could become one of the largest transportation stories in the state, competing even with High Speed Rail. As such, Streetsblog LA welcomes op-ed pieces on how to best use those funds. Email […]

Why CA High-Speed Rail Isn’t as Doomed as Media Reports Say It Is

By Roger Rudick | Dec 9, 2013 | No Comments

Last week, the media reported, once again, that the California High-Speed Rail project is in its death throes. The latest batch of articles are based on a Nov. 25 decision by Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny, in which he ordered the CAHSR Authority to revise a 2011 funding plan before it issues state bonds under […]

Streetsblog Hiring a Reporter to Cover Statewide News Out of Sacramento

By Streetsblog | Nov 25, 2013 | 1 Comment

Streetsblog is happy to announce the opening of a new, full-time Sacramento-based reporting position to cover livable streets news from around California and the state capitol beginning in early 2014. The writer would cover the state legislature, executive branch, Caltrans, high-speed rail, and other issues outside of the greater Los Angeles and Bay Areas, working […]

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 […]

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