Bullet train's passage eases environmental defeats of Props. 7, 10- The resounding defeat of two state ballot initiatives pitched as clean-energy solutions to climate change doesn't mean Californians' support for renewable and alternative fuels has softened, environmental leaders said Wednesday. Sacramento Bee article

City’s budget strategy is working- On the same day Butte County leaders confronted a bunch of bad budget news, the Chico City Council learned that its 10-year budget-deficit-reduction strategy so far is working as planned, although it still has a long way to go before the budget is fully balanced. Chico News & Review article

Filling the void: Local shop offers much-needed bike rental service- There are plenty of bike shops in Sacramento that will sell you a new set of wheels for a couple of Benjamins or more, but for commitment-phobes or the fiscally strapped, renting one for the day is a different story. Sacramento News & Review article

Election means new legislators, similar Legislature- The north state's newly elected legislators, Republicans Dan Logue and Jim Nielsen, will go to work in January in a Legislature that will look a lot like the current Legislature. Chico Enterprise Record article

Majority of Sutter County voters stayed home- The election of the nation's first black commander in chief and the battle over same-sex marriage energized California voters — but apparently less so in the Mid-Valley. Marysville Appeal-Democrat article

Editor's note: The November 5 edition of the Sacramento Valley Connect had an incorrect link for the feature The results of the statewide propositions, the correct link is here: Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert webpage.

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