Public safety, labor, local government, and infrastructure advocates announce strong opposition to California Business Roundtable ballot measure that would benefit wealthy corporations while decimating vital local and state services
“This measure would make it much more difficult to fund critical infrastructure that’s needed in California,” said Michael Quigley. “It would undercut our ability to invest in virtually every form of infrastructure, including safe bridges, local streets and roads, public transportation, drinking water quality, new schools, and utilities.”
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“We can see 75,000 to 100,000 jobs created annually from the federal infrastructure investment,” said Michael Quigley. “It’s going to be really substantial for California’s economy.”
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“This is a groundbreaking report that, for the first time, takes all transportation revenue streams into account — local, state, federal — and quantifies the economic benefits of these investments on California and local economies.”