California: A coalition of local governments, unions and business groups will put forward a transportation funding plan .Workers work on a section of U.S. Highway 50 in 2014.Whether the Legislature’s special sessions on transportation and healthcare yield any substantive policy changes will be among the dominant plot lines once lawmakers return from their summer recess to begin the final weeks of the 2015 session.
Interests with a stake in better roads will put forward their principles this morning. The approach includes higher taxes on gas and diesel fuels and higher vehicle fees to generate an estimated $6 billion in additional money for state and local road maintenance and improving corridors that enhance trade, such as those to ports.
The coalition includes labor unions, local government groups, and influential business groups, including the California Chamber of Commerce and the Business Round table, that typically are skeptical if not opposed to tax proposals.
