Fiscal Affairs

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Infrastructure

• The Transportation Effect
  Audrey Dutton
  Bond Buyer; December 30, 2008
• California Has Its Eye On Obama Stimulus Money
  Rob Hotakainen and Michael Doyle
  Sacramento Bee; December 21, 2008
• Don't fund train boondoggle
  MediaNews Editorial
  Oakland Tribune; December 15, 2008
• Rival plan to create jobs calls for repairing roadways, relying on future gas tax revenue
  Dug Begley
  Riverside Press Enterprise; December 14, 2008
• Why the Right can get Behind an Infrastructure Program
  Emil W. Henry Jr.
  Sacramento Bee; December 9, 2008
• High-Speed Rail Seen as a Boon for Border
  Steve Schmidt
  San Diego Union Tribune; December 8, 2008
• High hopes for federal high speed rail funds
  Michael Cabanatuan
  San Francisco Chronicle; December 4, 2008
• Governor To Ask Obama For Public-Works Money
  Michael Gardner and James P. Sweeney
  San Diego Union Tribune
• Obama to Boost Stimulus With Funds for Roads, Energy
  Matthew Benjamin
  Bloomberg; November 25, 2008
• Depression-era projects, again
  Bill Boyarsky
  Los Angeles Times; November 24, 2008
• Train Travel on Track for a Large Push
  Joan Lowry
  Los Angeles Times; November 10, 2008
• Plan for High-Speed Rail System Released
  Michael Cabanatuan
  San Francisco Chronicle; November 8, 2008
• High-Speed Rail Authority Readies Action Plan
  Michael Cabanatuan
  San Francisco Chronicle; November 6, 2008
• Bonds See Approval Rate of 82%
  Bond Buyer; November 6, 2008
• S.F. panels OK $4.4 billion Hetch Hetchy upgrade
  John Cote
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 31, 3008
• There's nothing peripheral about state's continuing water wars
  Editorial
  Stockton Record
• '06 bond money begins trickling into public works
  Steve Wiegand
  Sacramento Bee; October 27, 2008
• Officials Seek Transit Rescuers
  Audrey Dutton, Lynne Funk, Andrew Ackerman
  Bond Buyer; October 27, 2008
• State's Terrible Highways Are Getting Worse
  Dan Walters
  Sacramento Bee; October 27, 2008
• Delta Vision Not Likely To Succeed
  Dan Walters
  Sacramento Bee; October 26, 2008
• Salmon crash adds pressure for new canal
  Editorial
  Redding Record Searchlight; October 26, 2008
• Change Certain For The Delta, Report Says
  Kelly Zito
  San Francisco Chronicle; October 23, 2008
• Policy Panel To Private Sector: Pony Up For Better Infrastructure
  Eric Young
  San Francisco Business Times; October 7, 2008
• Can't Ignore Problem
  Editorial
  Contra Costa Times; September 23, 2008
• Putting State On Fast Track To Bankruptcy
  Editorial
  Orange County Register; September 23, 2008
• Bonds May Help Get State Economy Moving
  Marc Lifsher
  Los Angeles Times; September 22, 2008
• Anti-Sprawl Bill Sparks Conflict
  Lisa Vorderbrueggen
  Contra Costa Times; September 20, 2008
• P3s to Become a More Popular Mode of Financing
  Audrey Dutton
  Bondbuyer; September 17, 2008
• High-Speed Rail Plan A Key Ballot Measure
  Michael Cabanatuan
  San Francisco Chronicle; September 11, 2008
• Fixing The Roads
  Editorial
  Contra Costa Times; September 4, 2008
• Governor Signs Rail Bill to Get it on Ballot
  Matthew Yi
  San Francisco Chronicle; August 27, 2008
• Rail proposition deadline past
  E.J. Schultz
  Fresno and Sacramento Bee; August 12, 2008
• Suit Filed Over State High-Speed Rail Project
  Michael Cabanatuan
  San Francisco Chronicle; August 11, 2008
• Investors building new road to profit Skyway lease an example
  Gail Marks Jarvis
  Chicago Tribune; August 10, 2008
• States Compete for $30M in Federal Grants for Intercity Rail
  Audrey Dutton
  Bond Buyer; August 6, 2008
• Many California Bridges Still Need Earthquake Upgrades
  Steve Hymon
  Los Angeles Times; August 5, 2008
• Bloomberg, Rendell Want More Federal Infrastructure Funding
  Michelle Kaske
  Bondbuyer; July 25, 2008
• 'Borrowing' Robs Roads Of Funds
  Editorial
  Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; July 24, 2008
• Approval Of Urgent Delta Projects Long Overdue
  Editorial
  Contra Costa Times; July 1, 2008
• California DHS Approves $25M for Ferries
  Editorial
  Oakland Tribune; June 18, 2008
• As transit takes off, state is ready to set brake
  Editorial
  Sacramento Bee; June 14, 2008
• High-Speed Rail Bill is Back, but Answers are Needed Before November
  Editorial
  Sacramento Bee; June 11, 2008
• Give state’s transportation the help it needs
  Richard Little
  Sacramento Bee; June 9, 2008
• California's State Parks On List Of Top Endangered Historic Places
  M.S. Enkoji
  Sacramento Bee; May 20, 2008
• $1.2 Billion Needed For Park Repair
  Sue Doyle
  LA Daily News; May 19, 2008
• Sacramento Prepares For The Worst – Massive Flooding
  Eric Bailey
  Los Angeles Times; May 11, 2008
• Tollway is Meeting Officials' Expectations
  Steve Schmidt
  San Diego Union Tribune; May 5, 2008
• L.A. commission awards $80.9 million to plan expansion, modernization of LAX
  Dan Weikel
  Los Angeles Times; April 26, 2008
• Economy Credit Woes Foil Cities' Big Projects
  Jennifer S. Forsyth
  Wall Street Journal; April 25, 2008
• Top Priority should be Infrastructure, Area Residents Say
  George Avalos
  Oakland Tribune, April 12, 2008
• Trade Corridor gets $1.65 billion
  Daily Breeze; April 11, 2008
• Northern California gets $825 Million
  Erik Nelson
  Contra Costa Times; April 10, 2008
• Does California really need a bullet train?
  Dan Walters
  Sacramento Bee; March 31, 2008
• West Coast ports have sinking feeling
  Ronald D. White
  Los Angeles Times; March 5, 2008
• Governors want federal transportation funds
  Zachary Coile
  San Francisco Chronicle; February 25, 2008
• The Next Asset Bubble
  Portfolio.com, February 4, 2008
• It's time to stop dodging questions about paying for roads
  By Richard G. Little
  Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, January 29, 2008
• Investing in America
  Bob Herbert
  New York Times, January 29, 2008
• Toll lanes a HOT idea whose time has come
  Robert W. Poole Jr.
  The Daily News of Los Angeles, January 25, 2008
• Selling Roads Proves Last Resort as Taxes Dwindle
  Adam L. Cataldo
  Bloomberg, January 24, 2008
• Shared responsibility: Governor correctly concludes that private-sector expertise can improve state's infrastructure
  Editorial
  Orange County Register, January 4, 2008
• Change Sought on State Projects
  Judy Lin
  Sacramento Bee, December 27, 2007
• Taking the Initiative On Traffic
  Gregory W. Griggs
  Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2007
• Governor Pushes Private Works
  Michael Rothfield
  Los Angeles Times, November 28, 2007
• Infrastructure Choice: Ramp Up or Crash Down
  Neal Peirce
  Washington Post Writers Group, October 21, 2007
• Paving the Way
  Mikel Chavers
  Statenews: The Council of State Governments, November, December 2007