Jeanie Ward Waller, former Deputy Director for Planning and Modal Programs Caltrans, was fired in September, in retaliation for questioning illegal expenditures on highway widening, and threatening to file a whistleblower complaint. Though I’ve added several comments about this to other blog posts, these deserve their own prominence.

Blowing the whistle on widening freeways (KPBS Freeway Exit podcast);
https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/freeway-exit/bonus-blowing-the-whistle-on-widening-freeways

I Lost My Job at Caltrans for Speaking Out Against Highway Widening; 
https://cal.streetsblog.org/2023/11/03/i-lost-my-job-at-caltrans-for-speaking-out-against-highway-widening

Jeanie Ward Waller at ECOS Climate Committee;
https://gettingaroundsac.blog/2023/10/16/jeanie-ward-waller-at-ecos-climate-committee/

CalBike Joins 100 Organizations Urging More Oversight of Caltrans;
https://www.calbike.org/calbike-joins-60-organizations-urging-more-oversight-of-caltrans/

California Transportation Commission Chair: “Widen Freeways for the People”; 
https://cal.streetsblog.org/2023/10/24/california-transportation-commission-chair-widen-freeways-for-the-people

More Than 60 Organizations Urge Governor Newsom to Intervene at Caltrans; 
https://cal.streetsblog.org/2023/10/17/letter-to-governor-newsom-intervene-at-caltrans

Sign-on to Support a Moratorium on Highway Expansions in California (for organizations); 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQI_O5bdYPjAPxi7pMP-SzuMGPYlrxOMwaak21CT90Eh6GOg/viewform?fbzx=4437060886318091529

A Caltrans executive questioned a freeway expansion. Then she was demoted; 
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-13/caltrans-whistleblower-says-demoted-block-freeway-expansion

Caltrans official says she was demoted for objecting to highway expansion; https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/03/caltrans-official-demoted-whistleblower-complaint-00119767

Caltrans “Shakeup” is a Bad Sign;
https://cal.streetsblog.org/2023/09/19/caltrans-shakeup-is-a-bad-sign