San Francisco Chronicle: Gov. Jerry Brown, hoping to give a jolt to the electric vehicle industry, signed six bills Saturday to encourage drivers to buy electric cars.
The bills take several approaches, from extending existing sticker programs that allow vehicles meeting certain low-emission standards, including electric cars, access to carpool lanes to making it easier for drivers to use charging stations and requiring their inclusion in new developments.
"Today, we reaffirm our commitment in California to an electric...