In 2022, lawmakers increased funding for the ATP road bike jerseys by more than 4X with a $1.1 billion infusion of cash. In the most recent funding round, fewer than one-quarter of the projects vying for money will get funded, still falling far short of what we need but much more than would have been possible without the extra cash.
Worst anticipated veto of a bill that should have passed: AB 1713, the Bicycle Safety Stop
Bicycle Safety Stop
In a year when Governor Newsom signed 15 excellent bike-friendly bills into law, Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath pulled the Bicycle Safety Stop Bill ahead of a promised veto. Many states have enacted similar laws with no negative (and many positive) consequences, so the governor’s intractable opposition to legalizing commonsense short sleeve cycling jerseys biking is hard to explain.