Both hikers and wildlife will be able to better enjoy the Santa Cruz Mountains after the Highway 17 Wildlife and Trail Crossings Project is completed.
Last week, the state Legislature included in the budget a proposal to fund the project, which will connect more than 30,000 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
It’d be just another normal day, nearly 17 feet above Highway 101 in Agoura Hills.
A state senator succeeded in including $2 million for litter abatement in the 2021 state budget, which the legislature passed this week. State Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) secured the funds in the Budget Act of 2021.
State and local leaders on Monday were discussing financial support that would be provided to victims’ families, survivors and the VTA itself one month after the mass shooting at a San Jose railyard.
California lawmakers are set to vote Monday on the state budget, which includes $20 million in emergency funds to help the Valley Transportation Authority recover from the mass shooting at the rail yard last month.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will get $20 million from the state to aid its recovery from last month’s mass shooting, officials announced Monday, but it remains unclear when its light rail service which has been idled ever since will resume.
State lawmakers are set to give $20 million to VTA to help it recover from the deadliest shooting in Bay Area history.
In the South Bay, light rail service is still halted nearly a month after the deadliest mass shooting in Bay Area history. Local lawmakers announced Monday that the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will receive $20 million from the state to aid its recovery, pending final approval by the legislature, after they pushed for more supp