This workshop and forum will take place on February 25 at the United Methodist Church, 260 California Street in Santa Cruz, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
The panel features John Doughty, the Executive Director of AMBAG, and Celia Scott, former Mayor of Santa Cruz and environmental attorney and planner. Discussion will focus on efforts to implement AB 32 and SB375.
All are invited to attend and participate. Click here or here for more information.
We’ve posted new information here regarding our Governor’s proposal to eliminate the sales tax on gasoline and diesel fuels.
Of particular interest is an annotated two-hour video of a hearing on January 21 before the State Senate’s Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
We urge you to have a look at it. It’s very educational.
Upcoming event: Thursday, February 11, 7 pm to 9 pm at the United Methodist Church, 260 California Street in Santa Cruz.
Transition Santa Cruz has organized a forum and workshop to discuss the connections between housing and transportation—the next in a series of workshops in its Housing Within Reach Series. (See this link.)
On the program: Discussion of a draft policy document entitled Sustainable First: Making Sustainable Transportation a Priority in the City of Santa Cruz. A copy of that draft is available here.
Please attend this workshop, and participate.
Please consider making a donation to the Campaign for Sensible Transportation, which you may now do online, using our new secure PayPal method.
We especially need contributions to help with our lawsuit against Caltrans, filed in Sacramento on October 20. (A copy of our petition is here.)
Click here to make a donation.
Today’s Santa Cruz Sentinel Editorial offers positive words of support for the purchase of our 32-mile rail corridor, along with support for the construction of a bike and pedestrian trail along the tracks.
In addition, Jack Nelson’s piece, advocating alternatives to highway widening, and
Micah Posner’s piece, responding to Ron Marquez’s guest opinion of November 8, are both high quality and welcome. Do check out all three of these.
