Recent Streetsblog SF posts about California

California Trainin’: A Chicagoan Checks Out Transportation in the Golden State

By John Greenfield | Mar 15, 2023 | No Comments

Here's a show-and-tell of my impressions of the walk/bike/transit stuff I experienced, including a few things I'd be glad to see implemented in Chicago.

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California Has Released Draft Redistricting Maps – and Wants to Hear from You

By Melanie Curry | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

A tight deadline for the Redistricting Commission means there are only a few days to absorb and comment on new Congressional and state legislative districts.

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Governor Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Cities Greater Control of Speed Limits and Bus Lane/Stop Enforcement

By Damien Newton and Melanie Curry | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

But he also vetoes legislation legalizing "Idaho Stops" and banning "jaywalking" laws.

It's signed! California's cap-and-trade law is officially extended through 2030. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

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Governor Brown Signs Cap and Trade Extension

By Melanie Curry | Jul 26, 2017 | No Comments

With sunny San Francisco as a backdrop in the distance, at the same spot where Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the original California Global Warming Solutions Act in 2006, today Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 398, which will extend California’s climate change policies into the next decade. Governor Brown was joined by Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders […]

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Governor Signs Bill to Ease Parking Requirements for Affordable Housing

By Melanie Curry | Oct 13, 2015 | No Comments

Governor Jerry Brown had a Sunday deadline to sign legislation or veto it. Late in the day on Friday he signed Assembly Bill 744, which allows affordable housing developers to build less parking than many local zoning regulations currently permit. The bill is a victory for affordable housing advocates, who have been saying for a […]

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The World’s Nuttiest Bike Lane NIMBYs Live in a San Diego Beach Community

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 24, 2015 | No Comments

Think you’ve read about every possible NIMBY objection to bike lanes? Think again. These recent comments from a public meeting in San Diego’s affluent Coronado beach community are definitely, um, different. At the meeting, city leaders were bombarded with objections — not about parking, traffic, or “scofflaws” on bikes, but about the “visual pollution” of painted stripes on […]

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