California Online Voter Guide

November 2006 General Election
14th Edition

Proposition 1B: Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, Port Security Bond Act of 2006. Legislative Bond Act. Passed

Summary

• Makes safety improvements and repairs to state highways; upgrades freeways to reduce congestion; repairs local streets and roads; upgrades highways along major transportation corridors.

• Improves seismic safety of local bridges.

• Expands public transit.

• Helps complete the state’s network of car pool lanes.

• Reduces air pollution.

• Improves anti-terrorism security at shipping ports.

• Provides for a bond issue not to exceed nineteen billion nine hundred twenty-five million dollars ($19,925,000,000).

• Appropriates money from the General Fund to pay off bonds.

• Fiscal Impact: State costs of about $38.9 billion over 30 years to pay off both the principal ($19.9 billion) and interest ($19.0 billion) costs of the bonds. Payments of about $1.3 billion per year. Additional unknown state and local government costs to operate and maintain transportation infrastructure (such as roads, bridges, and buses and railcars) funded with bonds. A portion of these costs would be offset by revenues generated by the improvements, such as fares and tolls. Full Text of Proposition

Official Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information

• Yes on Proposition 1B

  Rebuilding California
  1127 11th St., Suite 950, Sacramento, CA 95814

• No on Proposition 1B
  (none available)

Who Signed the Ballot Arguments

• Yes on Proposition 1B

Marian Bergeson, Chair, California Transportation Commission
Alan C. Lloyd, Former Chair, California Air Resources Board
Allan Zaremberg, President and CEO, California Chamber of Commerce

• No on Proposition 1B
  
  Michael N. Villines, California State Assemblyman, 29th District

Follow the Money

Detailed information about all contributors for and against Prop. 1B is available from campaign finance reports at Cal-Access, the Secretary of State's campaign disclosure web site. To view the most recent contributions, select a committee and click "Late and $5000+ Contributions Received".

News Stories about the Propositions

CVF's News Stories section provides California voters with convenient access to a sampling of news articles that give an overview of the potential impact of each proposition on the ballot.

For More Information, CVF Recommends...

The California Secretary of State publishes the Official Voter Information Guide which features detailed information on Proposition 1B, including the Legislative Analyst's nonpartisan analysis and official pro/con arguments from proponents and opponents.

Other good nonpartisan resources include: the League of Women Voters of California's Pros and Cons and In Depth Nonpartisan Analysis; Next Ten's November 2006 Election and Infrastructure; the Easy Voter Guide; and Around the Capitol's Election Track, featuring up-to-date campaign contribution data.

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