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CA Sen. Steinberg Proposes New Spending Plan for Cap-and-Trade Revenue

By Melanie Curry | Apr 14, 2014 | No Comments

Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) announced a proposed plan to create a permanent spending strategy for cap-and-trade revenue [PDF] that prioritizes investments in affordable transit-oriented housing, transit expansion, and CA High-Speed Rail. Unlike the Governor’s plan for this year’s budget, Senate Bill 1156 also proposes investments in “complete streets” and transit operations. Calling the […]

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Why You Should Be Angry About CA’s “Highest Gas Tax in the Country”

By Damien Newton | Jul 1, 2013 | No Comments

I know it’s tempting to gloat. Today, newspaper headlines are blaring the news that with the newest increase in the state’s gas tax, that California now has the highest gas tax in the country. As I said, I know it’s tempting. But, it’s the result of bad policy. None of the money from that increased […]

CA Transit Operators Hopeful State Diesel Tax Will Create Stable Funding

By Matthew Roth | Mar 9, 2010 | 2 Comments

Photo: Richard Masoner When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed eliminating the sales tax on gasoline in his new budget, transit operators and advocates saw the announcement as a move to subvert a California Supreme Court ruling that required the state to stop raiding transit funds. Rather than comply with the court’s ruling, they argued, the Governor […]

Transit Agency Representatives Push “Protect Local” Ballot Initiative

By Matthew Roth | Feb 17, 2010 | 1 Comment

The California State Capitol in Sacramento. Flickr photo: Paraflyer With the continued raids on voter mandated transit funding sources to plug holes in California’s general fund, representatives from the state’s many transit agencies and locally elected officials are pushing for a sweeping ballot initiative this November, one which supporters say would finally put an end […]

It’s Official: Governor’s Budget Shorts Public Transit Once Again

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 8, 2010 | 3 Comments

Schwarzenegger outlines his budget at a Capitol press conference. Photo: Governor’s Press Office Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget (PDF), unveiled today at a Capitol press conference, confirms what transit agencies and advocates across the state have been fearing: a $1.5 billion proposed scheme to divert funds that would otherwise provide critical relief to California’s struggling transit agencies. […]

Another Court Decision in Favor of California Transit Agencies

By Matthew Roth | Dec 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: Thomas Hawk In another rebuff to California’s practice of moving spillover funding from the State Transit Assistance (STA) fund to fill the hole in the state’s General Fund, a Superior Court ruled on Monday that the state had to pay back the approximately $1.2 billion it diverted from transit operators in the 2007-2008 budget […]

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