ALERT: Gas Price Hike in California’s Future — Act Now!
Immediate Action Requested!
ACTION NEEDED: Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) (State Senator Jim Beall, D—San Jose) seeks to impose a nearly $4 billion new gas and car tax increase on all California motorists.
WHEN TO TAKE ACTION: ASAP! SB 1 is currently awaiting a hearing in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee. That hearing will occur this Tuesday at 1:30 in Room 4203 in the State Capitol.
WHY: California is facing a transportation road maintenance backlog of $58 billion over ten years. Senator Beall has proposed new taxes that include: a 12 cents/gallon fuel tax, 20 cents/gallon diesel tax, and $38 annual new car tax on your vehicle registration. With California already having some of the highest gas taxes in the nation, adding billions of dollars of new taxes without even considering reforms is inappropriate. Billions of dollars of existing revenue, including cap and trade dollars and fees on truckers, can be easily diverted to road repair and maintenance and we can start fixing this backlog TODAY. The message is simple: why more taxes without spending reforms?
ACTION REQUEST: Contact State Senator Jim Beall. Conveniently, Senator Beall is both the author of SB 1 and the Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. Please inform him that you oppose SB 1 and why. His phone number is 916-651-4015.
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How about taxing the bicyclists that have bike lanes where there once was a car lane? Include a tax on all bicycle gear and a bicycle license. Considering that funding that would, and should, have gone to road repairs were used to provide the bike lanes, I think it only fair that they pay their own way for once.
A lot of funding can come to local and state police if they would only ticket those cyclists who ignore stoplights and signs.