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Student advocates secure board backing for statewide e-bike safety policy
Summary
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School students asked the board to support a Capital Convoy advocacy point urging a statewide policy requiring e-bike riders under 18 to complete a safety course; the board voted 5–0 to back the PTA council's advocacy point and students were invited to cast preferential votes.
Students and PTA leaders told the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District board on Jan. 28 that standardized e‑bike safety training for riders under 18 should be advanced as a statewide legislative priority.
Gayle Louie, on behalf of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Council of PTAs, introduced students Asher Freeman and David Birchfield who presented research and local pilots supporting a requirement that under‑18 riders complete an age‑appropriate safety course. They cited a journal article summary noting…
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