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New LA electric car sharing program for disadvantaged communities; Bolloré BlueLA

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The pilot program advances several of the goals outlined in Mayor Garcetti’s Sustainable City pLAn, and will serve portions of Westlake, Pico Union, Koreatown, Echo Park, and Downtown Los Angeles. In 2015, Los Angeles won a CCI grant to pilot electric vehicle car sharing in low-income communities. —Mayor Garcetti.

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California ARB awarding $1.6 million to LA for low-income EV carsharing pilot program

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million to the City of Los Angeles to set up a pilot carsharing program for electric vehicles in disadvantaged communities. The grant will fulfill a key mandate of SB 1275, the Charge Ahead California Initiative, enacted last year to make clean transportation more widely available, particularly in low and moderate-income neighborhoods.

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South Bay Bicycle Coalition Scores $240,000 Grant! Huge Grassroots Victory for Brand New Bike Group

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Your Greenius got great news from downtown Los Angeles on Friday when my pal, Todd Diapola called me from Kenny Hahn Hall of Administration to report he and the other representatives of the South Bay Bicycle Coalition, of which I am a proud founding member, had just been told our SBBC was getting the big, fat $240,000 grant we had applied for.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

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It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. The first Bolt displayed at the annual National Drive Electric Event in 2016 in Los Angeles. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500.

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Riding Into A Better Future @ South Bay Bike Night

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Your friendly neighborhood Greenius has been a proud member of the South Bay Bicycle Coalition ever since there was one, and I’ve been on the Board of Directors just as long. The group hopes to see more South Bay cities install such bicycle-friendly facilities. Steve McCrank, Daily Breeze Staff Photographer).

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No Eclipse Plans? Try These Last-Minute Strategies.

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“At this point, your goal is just to get to the path of totality and see the eclipse for the longest possible time,” said Melanie Fish, the head of global public relations for Expedia Group Brands. Neighborhood locations, she said, may have better availability. You’re not trying to find the best party.

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Greenius Plants Tree to Help Restore Hope

Creative Greenius

But time has afterburners when the holidays roll around especially when your friendly neighborhood Greenius is in such demand locally. While I and the other tree people planted the native oak saplings the other half of the group spread out across the hillside to plant wildflower seeds and young drought tolerant california native plants.