>> An anti-sprawl, smart growth bill looks likely to make it through both the Cali Senate and Assembly. “The legislation, SB 375, would offer incentives to steer public funds away from sprawled development. The state spends about $20 billion a year on transportation, and under the new law, projects that meet climate goals would get priority.”

Update: SB 375 is now law.

>> George Skelton of the LA Times explains SB 375 thusly: “Each metropolitan region would adopt a “sustainable community strategy” to encourage compact development. They’d mesh it with greenhouse emissions targets set by the California Air Resources Board…. And this is the key part: Transportation projects that were part of the community plan would get first dibs on the annual $5 billion in transportation money disbursed by Sacramento.”

>> Earlier this week it was Gary; now it’s Kristina Wong who’s de-car-ing. When her bright pink bio-diesel Mercedes burst into flames, Kristina decided to say bye-bye to car dependence and hello to a new carfree blog series: The Wong Sans Wheels Chronicles.

>> Even earlier: A film review of The End of Suburbia, and the movement to Escape from Suburbia.

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