Highway funding is on the table

Assemblymember Marie Waldron

AD-75 (R)

Californians pay some of the highest fuel taxes in the U.S., but our highways are among the nation’s worst. We are now about two months into a transportation special session called by Governor Brown and calls for increased taxes are echoing loudly in Sacramento.

In response, I have introduced AB X1 14 which would prioritize transportation spending as a formal part of the budgeting process. My bill would mandate $1 billion toward transportation infrastructure funding annually without raising taxes or fees, including $500 million for highway upgrades and $5...