Keyword: prop42
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"YES ON 1A STOPS OUR EXISTING GAS TAXES FROM BEING USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS." That, jarring capital letters and all, is a direct quote from Proposition 1A, which California voters approved last fall along with four infrastructure bonds. The argument for Proposition 1A also told us that the measure "closes the loophole in the law and ensures that the gas taxes you already pay are spent only on transportation projects benefiting California's 20 million drivers." That was the line. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state's legislative leaders knew voters would be reluctant to approve $40 billion in bonds, for fear...
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Governor aims to apply extra gas tax funds toward bridges, school buses Attempting to revamp a decades-old tax-control provision, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has drawn fire from public transportation advocates who like the idea of high gas prices automatically pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into buses, trains and ferries. Using an arcane formula that weighs gasoline sales tax revenue against sales tax on other goods, a 1971 law negotiated with then-Gov. Ronald Reagan diverts any additional tax receipts into a fund for public transportation. True to his reputation, Reagan demanded rigid controls on the 4.75-percent tax on gasoline feeding the...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--California motorists are footing the bill as five of the state’s metropolitan regions rank in the Top Ten urban areas with the roughest pavements in the nation. In a report released today, TRIP, a national transportation research group, found that among large urban regions (500,000+ population), the areas with the greatest share of major roads and highways with pavements in poor condition are: San Jose, Los Angeles, San Francisco-Oakland, Kansas City, New Orleans (pre-Katrina), San Diego, Sacramento, St. Louis, Omaha and New York City. TRIP found that a quarter of the nation’s major metropolitan roads – interstates, freeways...
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SACRAMENTO – The Legislature may ask taxpayers to accept $2.3 billion in new borrowing to fund a backlog of transportation projects sidelined when lawmakers repeatedly siphoned the state's roads budget. Also, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers have offered competing measures that would give voters a chance to tighten the clamp on future transportation raids. Voters have already spoken. In 2002, they approved Proposition 42 by a 7-1 ratio. The measure explicitly dedicated the state sales tax on gasoline to roads and public transit. But an escape clause in the proposition has allowed lawmakers to suspend the requirement and borrow $3.6...
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Democratic lawmakers will oppose Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to borrow $2 billion in transportation funds to balance the state budget, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez said Thursday. Highway and transit projects would be delayed if the governor gets his way, and Nuñez, D-Los Angeles, called that an unacceptable burden on the middle class. "We've got to deal with the issue of folks spending more time on the roads and highways than at home with their families, and if we're going to be a first-class state we've got to make sure we keep up to speed with the improvement of our roads...
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SACRAMENTO - High gas prices are doing more than causing motorists grief -- they are generating a windfall for California's treasury and triggering a battle over how to spend it. At stake is $1.5 billion from sales taxes on gasoline that voters said in 2002 they want directed to roads, trains and buses. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature used the money this year to balance the budget instead. Meanwhile, the run-up in prices at the pump is fattening the pot. California stands to earn $358 million more from sales taxes on gas in 2004 than it did the year...
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If you only read the headlines, it looks like the state of California has done quite a bit to help advance local transportation projects ["O.C. traffic gets help," Front Page, Aug. 6]. But when you dig a little deeper, a much different story emerges. Though the state has allocated funding for a handful of projects in recent months, including $45 million for improvements on the Garden Grove (22) Freeway and $23 million for the Santa Ana (5) Freeway, the transportation outlook is not nearly as rosy as it might seem. In 2002, California voters approved Proposition 42, which required a...
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Stop sought to taking tax LEGISLATION: A proposed amendment would prevent gas funds from being used elsewhere. Gov. Schwarzenegger's plan to close the state budget gap with money earmarked for road projects is under attack by a group of legislators who want to make it illegal for the state to dip into transportation funds to pay for other services. Assemblyman John Benoit, R-Palm Desert, co-authored a proposed constitutional amendment Thursday that would protect Prop. 42 gas-tax money and other funds from state borrowing. Prop. 42, a March 2002 initiative dedicating gasoline sales tax to road maintenance and construction, passed by...
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<p>Like doughnuts or deodorant, politics is about selling. And what sells a product isn't so much what the product does, but what the buyer thinks it does. Take Proposition 56. It doesn't really matter if it actually reforms the budget, because as long as people think they are getting budget reform, they will vote for it.</p>
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(Sacramento, California) California Republicans and conservative action groups say they are prepared for "the battle of the century" to block legislation that would allow same-sex couples to marry. As reported first by 365Gay.com at 5:03 pm PT Monday, Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) is preparing to introduce a bill to allow gay couples in the state to obtain marriage licenses. "The time has come for California to honor its commitment to equality for all Californians," Leno said in a statement. Two groups already in court trying to overturn California's Partner Rights & Responsibilities Act said Tuesday they will fight any...
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