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ALERT!  Certain Members of Legislature Talking About Raiding Transportation Funds – AGAIN: What part of no don’t they understand?  Twice now, California voters have passed measures that dedicate the existing state sales tax on gas to fund transportation and transit improvement projects. In fact, just two years ago 77% of voters passed proposition 1A, sending an unequivocal mandate prohibiting the state legislature from raiding gas tax funds for non-transportation projects.
 
But certain politicians in Sacramento are at it again, talking about raiding these funds to fix their budget mess. Democratic leaders and the Governor have indicated they oppose borrowing these funds to balance this year’s budget. But other members of the legislature continue to discuss this bad idea as part of a budget deal.
 
This is bad fiscal policy that would only put our state deeper in the red. And it would kill vital transportation projects up and down the state.  
 
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>> Public Private Partnerships Could Help Stretch
Transportation Dollars: While passage of Propositions 1A and 1B in 2006 got California moving in the right direction, these measures are only a start to fix decades of neglect of our transportation infrastructure. Simply put, while we're heading in the right direction, we don't have enough gas to get to where we really need to go. California needs to look at new and innovative ways to finance transportation infrastructure. Public Private Partnerships -- combining public and private money to build things like toll roads and high-speed passenger rail -- is a good place to look to stretch transportation dollars. READ A COLUMN BY JIM EARP.

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