Damien Newton

The Trump Administration hates public transit.

California provides stability and support for our transportation services.

That just means the BizFed also needs new leadership.

It’s not that hard.

Guess which two videos were critical of the Trump Administration by name?

Short Vid: The EPA has abandoned us when it comes to regulating tailpipe emissions. #epa #airpollution #climate

Clovis police pursue charges against adults who attended ICE student walkout Police will pursue misdemeanor charges for two adults identified via surveillance cameras at this week’s anti-ICE student protest in Clovis.

Alternate Headline: Clovis Enters the Running for Most Tone Deaf City in America.

I mean, gee...why would any parent want to attend a protest/walkout led by students in 2026 when the feds might show up and dissapear people or the cops might decide to open fire?

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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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Ukrainian Athlete Disqualified From Olympics Over Helmet “This is the price of our dignity,” Heraskevych said, in response to the International Olympic Committee's decision.

Ukrainian Athlete Disqualified From Olympics Over Helmet Depicting War Dead: ‘The Price of Our Dignity’
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I wonder if Oakland and San Diego realize they can get an NFL team back as long as they let them call themselves the Chicago Bears.

Unbelievably weak from the Mayor.

Let’s hear more about this Christian Nation we live in.

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny!

I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

Thank you to everyone who came out for the #AlexPretti memorial ride in Oakland today. It was a huge turnout, even more than shown here at Lake Merritt, as some people peeled off since the start at Rockridge BART. @bikeeastbay.bsky.social @ebbp.bsky.social

Super Bowl 2026: ICE agents to conduct enforcement as Trump boycotts game ICE agents will be active at Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara as President Trump boycotts the Patriots vs. Seahawks game over halftime performer Bad Bunny.

Something to look forward to this summer!

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I finally read this book over the holiday and I highly, HIGHLY, recommend it. If you finished @thewaroncars.bsky.social and are looking for your next read, this is it.

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Every time Trump targets another city for federal-sponsored harassment and terror my heart breaks a little. The bad news is, it doesn't end. The cameras move on, but the abductions, assaults, harassments, killings continue.

They're still happening here in LA.

Short Vid: Ice protests are happening throughout California following the killings of Nicole Good and Keith Porter.

Short Vid: High Speed Rail Ended the Year by walking away from Trump and walking towards private investors.# #HighSpeedRail #California #Trump

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My thought was to show that some state regs that don't differentiate will cause damage to all sorts of e-bikes, but I may have big-brained that one too much.

The Week (Plus) in Videos - Streetsblog California The courts come through twice for California while Los Angeles plays word games to avoid making streets accessible and safe

The Week (Plus) in Videos
The courts come through twice for California while Los Angeles plays word games to avoid making streets accessible and safe.
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A group of workers wearing shirts that read Unite Here Local 11 and ICE out of LA are standing before stacked boxes painted white to look like ice cubes that read NO ICE @ LA28 in the plaza of Crypto.com Arena, which can be seen in the background

Workers at Crypto.com Arena built a NO ICE @ LA28 tower outside the venue to protest LA28's ongoing cooperation with the Trump administration, including adding a half-dozen MAGA board members to the organizing committee

I'll make you all a deal. We're just over $15,000 in funds raised for the three Streetsblogs in our EOY drive. If we get to $17,000 by Monday I'll do an AMA for our first podcast of 2026 with myself. Help us get there?

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Man, I almost made it a whole year without a mea-culpa post.

A bar chart presented by then-CalTrans Director Tony Tavares at the Senate Transportation Committee hearing on March 11, 2025, showing that deaths on California roadways have increased more than 60% since 2010.

Earlier this year, the director of CalTrans presented this chart to members of the state Senate’s Transportation Committee, showing a dramatic rise in deaths on California's roads.

No lawmakers asked about the chart. Or what CalTrans was doing about it.

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Your Donation Means More Today Than Ever Before - Streetsblog California Do you want more Streetsblog? Of course you do!

Help us bring you more Streetsblog in 2026!

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Donate Today for a Stronger Streetsblog Tomorrow - Streetsblog San Francisco If it's in your budget, consider donating to Streetsblog today!

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SBCTA Could Finally End One of the Country’s Worst Zombie Projects: The ONT Connector - Streetsblog California “The ONT Connector is an inappropriate investment. Ridership capacity and public transportation utility do not support spending billions of dollars for it. Scrapping the project is the right decision....

It's hard to believe a "Tesla Tunnel" type project would still be on the books in 2025, but at least SBCTA is likely to kill the project tomorrow.

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I don't get it. Are well just supposed to move on and return to business as usual? We all know our president is a child rapist and we're just going to talk about savings accounts and such?

UCLA Report Shows How Freeway Construction Last Century Was Used to Destroy and Divide Communities of Color. - Streetsblog California “Understanding the history of racism in freeway development can inform restorative justice in these areas.”

An amazing amount of work went into this bsky.app/profile/ucla... study/report/infomaps, etc on the damaging legacy of racist highway construction in communities and cities up and down the state.

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Board of Public Works Rejects Most, Not All, Appeals to Force City to Make Streets Safer While Doing Other Road Improvements - Streetsblog Los Angeles The city keeps fighting to not do HLA improvements.

I pulled off the rare Streetsblog hat trick, three different stories on three different Streetsblogs all in one day:

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