LA County has 150 transit stops that #SB79 will now upzone.

Here’s the map from @latimes.com:

High-income cities in Contra Costa County got a carve out so #SB79 (statewide transit-oriented upzoning) wouldn’t apply to their BART and Amtrak stations:

After the Hawaiians killed & bbq’d Captain Cook in 1779, one local appeared to relish taunting the British sailors still on their boats, from Hampton Sides’ The Wide Wide Sea:

A common criticism of EVs is "what do you do during a power outage?"

But rather than making us dependent on the electricity grid, EVs can actually help liberate us from it.

The first It’s Electric curbside EV charging debuts in San Francisco. This tech will really help apartment dwellers who need cars but don’t have a garage to go electric.

On Your Call 10am PT, we discuss Pope Francis' environmental legacy w/Mark Hertsgaard @thenation.com.

+ A new doc on how diet can improve ocean health w/Malaury Morin

+ Scientists respond to Trump w/ @emmalovesscience.bsky.social

Stream live @kalwradio.bsky.social: www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

Great chart from @nytimes.com. US political instability is downstream of this decades-in-the-making economic inequality, which doesn’t even include our rising cost of living over the time period. We need a credible plan to fix this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...

Good data here on how this tax affects and discourages badly needed non-mansions in our infill areas, including commercial development and apartments: