http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/01/11/gov-jerry-brown-vehicle-fee-fix-roads-bridges/ Gov. Brown Proposes $65 Vehicle Fee To Fix Crumbling Roadways January 11, 2016 Anne Makovec
[video http://cbsloc.al/1ZWMIlS ] SACRAMENTO (KPIX 5) – Gov. Jerry Brown has revived a proposal to help fix California’s crumbling roads and bridges with a $65 annual fee. Lawmakers put the brakes on the proposal last year, but the proposal being revved up again. “The roads we have to deal with. They’re just there, they cost money,” Brown said during last week’s budget news conference. The fee would apply to all cars, trucks and motorcycles, raising about $2 billion a year. Californians already pay about 40 cents a gallon in state taxes and fees for gas, but some drivers don’t. “Those who have vehicles that don’t use any gasoline aren’t paying the gas tax and they’re getting to use our roads,” Assemblywoman Catherine Baker told KPIX 5 [TV] on Sunday. Baker is proposing a fee on electric vehicles, instead of the governor’s $65 fee. “We’re taking a lot from Californians for transportation, we’re not spending it very well, we need to reform and not just rely on new revenue streams,” Baker said. The governor’s office said the $65 fee would be “ongoing.” If approved, the fee would take effect next year. [© 2016 CBS Local Media] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Gov-Brown-65-yr-CA-Roadtax-Fee-for-all-not-just-plugins-tp4679788.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
