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Brown Vetoes Road User Safety Laws Including Hit-and-Run, Vulnerable User

By Melanie Curry | Oct 1, 2014 | No Comments

Jose Vasquez leaves a candle at the ghost bike memorial for Andy Garcia, killed in a vicious hit-and-run last year. Sahra Sulaiman/LA Streetsblog In the last hours before the deadline for signing legislation from this year’s legislative session, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a batch of bills that could have improved safety for bicyclists, pedestrians, […]

Gov Signs Transit Funding Bills, Money Coming for Local Operators

By Matthew Roth | Mar 23, 2010 | 9 Comments

Photo: hanneorla California transit operators are poised to receive a temporary infusion of $400 million in cash from the state for operating funds, a move that could defray immediate shortfalls and set up a steady stream of state money for the foreseeable future. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ratified last night the laws (ABX8 6 and ABX8 […]

Texas Oil Companies Fund Measure to Repeal CA Climate Law

By Damien Newton | Mar 8, 2010 | 2 Comments

Air pollution over the Inland Empire. Photo: DanDC/Flickr (Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories by Streetsblog LA Editor Damien Newton on efforts to delay implementation of California’s groundbreaking climate legislation.) In 2006, the California Legislature passed, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed, Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), a landmark law that requires the […]

It’s Official: Governor’s Budget Shorts Public Transit Once Again

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 8, 2010 | 3 Comments

Schwarzenegger outlines his budget at a Capitol press conference. Photo: Governor’s Press Office Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget (PDF), unveiled today at a Capitol press conference, confirms what transit agencies and advocates across the state have been fearing: a $1.5 billion proposed scheme to divert funds that would otherwise provide critical relief to California’s struggling transit agencies. […]

Troubling Silence on Transit in Gov’s State of the State Address

By Matthew Roth | Jan 6, 2010 | 9 Comments

Photo: Justin Short, Office of the Governor Despite continued cash flow crunches facing nearly every transit operator in the state, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said absolutely nothing about transportation or fixing transit’s woes in his State of the State address today. Transit operators are still bracing for the expected budget proposal this Friday that would thwart […]

Advocates Question Public Benefit of Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore

By Matthew Roth | Oct 2, 2009 | 19 Comments

Photo: pbo31 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced bids for the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel earlier this week, claiming that the new $420 million tunnel on State Route 24 through the Oakland hills will reduce congestion for the 160,000 motorists who use it daily and that it will create 6,000 new jobs. "This project […]

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