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Court Rejects State Raids on Transit Funding
SACRAMENTO, June 30, 2009 - As lawmakers race to beat the deadline for adopting a state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, negotiations hit a new wrinkle today when the Third District Court of Appeals in Sacramento ruled that annual raids on public transit funding are in violation of state law.
Caltrans has now issued the revised policy for establishing speed limits in California
Following more than two years of meetings and discussions of the California Traffic Control Devices Committees (CTCDC), Caltrans has now issued the revised policy for establishing speed limits in California. This policy becomes effective as of July 1st, 2009
White House Says Transportation System Overhaul Must Wait
By Alec MacGillis, Washington Post Staff Writer, Friday, June 26, 2009
"After rejecting criticism that it is taking on too much, the Obama administration has identified one area where ambitious reforms will have to wait: overhauling the nation's aging, congested and carbon-emitting transportation system."
Napa County --
A big bump in the road; State raid on funds would gut county street repairs.
"Just as Napa County approved a $5.4 million roads budget this week, the state Legislature proposed a reduction in funding for local roads by almost half that.
The Legislature’s proposals to take gas tax revenue from California’s counties, coupled with a proposal from the State Department of Finance to defer future Proposition 42 payments to counties, could mean the layoffs of 20 or more road maintenance workers, according to Napa County Public Works Director Don Ridenhour."
Santa Cruz County --
Potholes will turn to sinkholes, cracks will turn to crevasses and road emergencies will be put on the back burner if local agencies lose gas tax revenue.
Cost of potholes in Oakland soars as funding erodes -
By Sean Maher, Oakland Tribune, 06/18/2009
"Oakland streets, already among the most broken and heavily trafficked in the country, are in the midst of a slow but serious decline that hits the pocketbooks of the city, the state and every driver in town. It's hard to drive around downtown, Fruitvale or East Oakland and not hit any of a seemingly countless number of potholes."
Borrowing Gas Taxes to Close the Budget Gap is Fiscally Reckless
from Jim Earp, Executive Director of the CA Alliance for Jobs, and Mark Watts, Executive Director of Transportation California.
"With a budget deficit of $24 billion, we face the very real possibility that legislators will once-again look to borrow, shift or outright raid Prop 42 gas tax dollars that the voters have repeatedly said they want to fund transportation improvements."
Governor Schwarzenegger Thanks Caltrans Director Will Kempton for Dedicated Service; Announces Appointment of Randell Iwasaki as Successor
Following Will Kempton announcing his resignation as director of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) effective on July 31, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today commended him for his dedicated service to the people of California and announced the appointment of Randell H. Iwasaki to succeed him as director starting August 1, 2009.