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July 21, 2016
Honorable Jim Beall
Member, California State Senate
State Capitol, Room 5066
Sacramento, CA 95 814
Via FAX: (916) 651-4915
RE: SBxl 1 (Beall). Transportation Funding. (as amended July 14, 2015)
Notice of Support
Dear Senator Beall:
The City of San Luis Obispo supports SBx1 1, which would provide much needed funding to the
state and local roadway system to address the overwhelming backlog of preservation and
maintenance.
Our local streets and roads we all rely on are literally crumbling beneath our feet. The conditions are
getting so bad that if California doesn't commit to prioritizing funding to fix them, we could be
facing a catastrophe. without this additional funding, 25% of local streets and roads will be in failed
condition in a very short 10 years.
If regular maintenance is neglected, the costs of repairs increase exponentially. Senate Billx 1 1
would expressly address the backlog of maintenance needs, and is estimated to generate up to $4.5
billion annually. In addition, five percent of the revenues would be set aside to incentivize counties
currently without a local transportation funding measure to approve such a measure.
We cannot stress enough the importance of acting on the transportation funding shortfall. Thank you
for your leadership on this critical issue. For these reasons, the City of San Luis Obispo supports
SBx 1 1 (Beall).
In erely,
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cc: The Honorable Bill Monning, Fax: (916) 651-4917
The Honorable Katcho Achadjian, Fax: (916) 319-2135
Dave Mullinax, League of California Cities, dmuffinaxAvicacities.org
Meg Desmond, League of California Cities,es m on �;cgcities.org