Road repairs: No new taxes required

Assemblymember Marie Waldron

AD 75 (R)

Providing a reliable transportation network is one of the primary responsibilities of state government. The budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year increases spending by $7.5 billion, including funds for new social/welfare entitlements. At the same time however, this budget largely ignores basic infrastructure projects, which include long-delayed highway upgrades.

According to the estimates by the Southern California Association of Governments, future transportation improvements in Southern California alone are estimated at more than $500 billion over the ne...