And the measure includes funding provisions. Portantino says, “road bike jerseys We want to make sure we fund this as well. This is not just about having a piece of paper.”

A final push for the future
The Plan for the Future Bill has passed the Senate and is now in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Appropriations is where many bills die in both houses (Portantino is chair of Senate Appropriations, so SB 932 was safe there). The next week could be make-or-break for this groundbreaking bill. You can help by sending an email to your assemblymember (even if they’re not on the Appropriations Committee) and asking them to speak up for the Plan for the Future Bill.

Portantino notes that the pandemic gave people the one thing they didn’t have: time. “Our challenge is to keep that healthy, slow pace as we go back to the new normal,” he says. Californians are moving from being a car culture (though Portantino notes that he still loves cars and going to car shows) toshort sleeve cycling jerseys working from home and creating urban transit corridors. “We should have policies that are forward-