Elk Grove Citizen: Mayor, other leaders launch ‘Yes on Measure A’ campaign for transportation funding

Posted on July 29, 2022September 7, 2022 by Laura Braden Quigley

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Measure A was also designed to improve and enhance transportation infrastructure to accommodate population and employment growth.

About 60% of Measure A funding would be used for local street and road repairs, highways, bridges and overpasses, while about 40% of the funds would be used for public transit, paratransit services, light rail extensions, and expanding transportation services throughout the county, noted Michael Quigley, executive director of California Alliance for Jobs.

“(Measure A would) ultimately deliver thousands of transportation projects, big and small throughout the county,” Quigley said.

Fix Our Roads Coalition Issues Statement in Response to CARB Vote

Posted on July 28, 2022September 2, 2022 by Laura Braden Quigley

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VIEW LETTER: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xdbc20jt8h26nef/07-28-22%20FOR%20Letter%20to%20CARB%207.28%20LOGOS-FINAL.pdf?dl=0

Michael Quigley, Executive Director of the California Alliance for Jobs said, “We support California’s transition to cleaner cars. But we are disappointed that CARB and the Administration completely failed to address the gaping hole that will be blown in our state’s transportation infrastructure funding as we transition away from internal combustion engine vehicles. Losing tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure funding will decimate the quality of our roads and bridges, jeopardize safety, decrease mobility, cripple public transit, and result in more traffic congestion. Furthermore, reductions in funding of that magnitude will destroy hundreds of thousands of middle-class construction careers. We need California’s leaders to come up with solutions to replace this funding now rather than waiting until it’s too late.”

CARB’s own analysis estimates a loss of $30 billion in transportation infrastructure funds just in the next two decades due to the decline in gasoline consumption – California’s primary source of transportation infrastructure funding. Local governments will also lose tens of billions in gasoline sales and excise taxes dedicated to transportation improvement projects.

As Environmental Impact Report is Released, Broad Coalition Supports Governor Newsom’s Plan to Fix California’s Aging Water Distribution Infrastructure

Posted on July 22, 2022September 2, 2022 by Laura Braden Quigley

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https://watersecurityca.com/2022/07/27/as-environmental-impact-report-is-released-broad-coalition-supports-governor-newsoms-plan-to-fix-californias-aging-water-distribution-infrastructure/

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Today, as the state released an updated Environmental Impact Report about the proposed project to fix California’s aging primary water distribution infrastructure, a broad coalition of prominent labor, business, community and water leaders reiterated their strong support for the project, saying that climate change has created an urgent need to address the state’s dilapidated system of water conveyance throughout the state. Today’s EIR presents the (6,000 cf/s) single tunnel as the preferred alternative. Many changes have been made to the proposed project to address capacity and to minimize impacts on affected communities.

“There are few things more important for the security of our state than a reliable water supply,” said Michael Quigley, Executive Director of the California Alliance for Jobs, a labor management partnership. “But California’s main water distribution system that supplies water to 2/3 of our state’s families, farms and businesses is aging and at risk of collapse. We must take steps now to fix our aging water distribution infrastructure to protect the safety and reliability of our state’s water supply. Inaction is not an option.”