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California e-bike incentive program opening on December 16th at 6pm PT. FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. Must meet income requirements, but provides up to $2000 for an e-bike! Please spread the word to folks who would qualify! Especially useful for those starting out on their first job, students living on their own, low income but need better transportation options, currently out of work, etc.

For a household size of one, max income is $45,180

For a household size of four, max income is $93,600

https://ebikeincentives.org/

The first e-bike incentive application window OPENS on December 18th at 6pm PST. Please review applicant eligibility requirements prior to applying. Please subscribe to our email list below for the latest updates.
E-Bike Incentive Project Eligibility Who is eligible for an e-bike incentive? white checkmark on blue and yellow circle. California residents 18 years or older…. We verify residency using your current, valid California Driver’s License, California AB 60 License, or California ID Card. white checkmark on blue and yellow circle. ...with a qualifying household income of 300% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) or less... Gross annual household income will be calculated and used to determine eligibility during the income verification portion of the application process. white checkmark on blue and yellow circle. …who complete our online application… This process, which includes residency verification, income verification and education/safety training requirements, may take up to 60 days depending on the speed at which steps are completed by applicants and program processing times.
The California E-Bike Incentive Project provides up to $2,000 of point-of-sale incentives to support the purchase of a new electric bicycle (e-bike). The California E-Bike Incentive Project is funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). CARB’s mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through effective reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and considering effects on the economy.
What is the maximum qualifying gross household income for eligibility? Household Size* Priority Applicants**: Household Income 225% of FPL All Applicants: Household Income 300% of FPL*** 1 $33,885 $45,180 2 $45,990 $61,320 3 $58,095 $77,460 4 $70,200 $93,600

Metro gave Culver City half a million dollars for bike lanes - then the city ripped them out again. Metro wants its money back.

"In April 2023, the council voted to remove the project's protected bike lanes, having cyclists instead share lanes with buses...staff noted that the grant funding agreement specifies if that funded facilities cease to be used for the original purpose specified, then funding must be returned."

https://la.streetsblog.org/2024/11/20/metro-committee-approves-revoking-435k-culver-city-grant-due-to-bike-lane-removal

Unique killer pod may have acquired special skills to hunt whale sharks https://phys.org/news/2024-11-unique-killer-whale-pod-special.html

Killer (Orcinus ) hunt, kill and consume the largest fish on Earth, the (Rhincodon typus) https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1448254/full

" can feed on marine mammals, , and fish. In the Gulf of , a pod might have picked up new skills that help them hunt whale —the world's largest , growing up to 18 meters long."

photo of a dark whale dorsal fin on water surface

Elon Musk doesn't want the people of to experience high-speed rail between SF and LA.

(He wants them stuck in his Teslas.)

Which is reason enough, in my opinion, to build it.

In Ashlee Vance's sycophantic 2015 biography, Musk admits hyperloop was all about getting California high-speed rail canceled: