Jim Beall
Streetsblog California
CA Transportation Funding Bill Passes its First Committee Hearing
The urgency has only increased since last year, but the only thing all participants seem to agree on is that something needs to be done.
February 15, 2017
R’s and D’s Agree State Needs More Transp. Dollars, Disagree on Source
In his 2015 State of the State, Governor Jerry Brown challenged the state legislature to come up with a funding formula that is both fair and that creates a sustainable funding stream for the state’s transportation trust fund. While the federal government continues to struggle to fund the national seemingly-always-beleagured Transportation Trust Fund, California now has three competing funding measures on the table, including one that is backed by the state's Senate Republican Caucus.
April 27, 2015