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You may have noticed there has been a high concentration of posting here lately about California state legislation. This happened entirely by chance, not by design — but then it occurred to me that it may be an angle worthy of continued coverage in the future. After all, a great deal of what happens in … Continue reading
California Senate to Vote on Climate Change Fees
UPDATE (25 August 2008): The bill that is the subject of this post, AB 2558, was withdrawn by Assemblymember Huffman, and will be replaced later by another proposal. I know there has been a lot of statewide material on this site lately — more local coverage will resume soon, but I did not want this … Continue reading
AB 3034: The High-Speed Drama Continues
After eagerly awaiting news for the whole day about the high speed rail bond measure, an article gets posted online literally one minute after I left to go home for the day. So what’s the news? There is none. After all the drama built up over the weekend about Debra Bowen’s August 11 deadline to … Continue reading
Weekend Action Alert: High-Speed Rail Bill AB 3034
Okay, so Governor Schwarzenegger is refusing to sign any bills into law until the Legislature gets its act together in terms of finalizing the state budget for this upcoming fiscal year. But in order for Proposition 1 (the high speed rail bond measure) to be revised into Proposition 1A for the November ballot, thereby incorporating … Continue reading
From AB 3034 to November 4
As was certain to be the case, the presence of the $9.95 billion high speed rail bond measure on the November 4, 2008 ballot (as Proposition 1) has given rise to a multidimensional set of entwined political and legal battles. The California High Speed Rail Authority’s largely politically-driven dismissal of the Altamont alignment and formal … Continue reading
Complete Streets Act to Hit the State Senate Floor
Finally — the Complete Streets Act (AB 1358), first introduced in February 2007 and then later held in the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been reintroduced and will go before the full California State Senate next week (week of August 4, 2008). The bill was authored by San Francisco Assemblymember and presumptive 3rd District Senator Mark … Continue reading
AB 3034 Passes Senate Transportation and Housing Committee
AB 3034 passes Senate Transportation and Housing Committee. Erik Nelson from the Oakland Tribune reported that the Cathleen Galgiani’s high speed rail bill AB 3034 was approved 8-4 in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee; meanwhile, a few days ago, Debra Bowen assigned the prime-time position of Proposition 1 to the $9.95 billion HSR bond … Continue reading
The Transit Terminator Strikes Again
Courtesy Los Angeles Times. Is this déjà vu, or what? Our dear, allegedly green “Governator” — on the front lines fighting global warming — refuses to put the money where his mouth is by terminating $1.4 billion of transit funds in the May revise budget? Oh, right: this also happened last year. So whatever happened … Continue reading
June 2008 Election: State Legislature Roundup
This post will provide some information on the Democratic primary for the California legislature campaigns. The blurbs that follow are essentially endorsements, but I hesitate to use the word “endorsement” here, because to my mind, use of that word ought to be supported by a fuller discussion, drawing on a large range of issues. Because … Continue reading
June 2008 Election: Propositions 98, 99 and Eminent Domain
The Bay Area has a few rent control hotspots (notably San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose) and is a progressive place in general — so by this point, only one day before the election, I expect most people are up to their ears in chants of “Save Rent Control, Vote No on 98.” The point … Continue reading
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