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Originally Posted by jtown,man
Why are California's roads rate so bad? They have a really high gas tax and are even running surplus budgets and have good weather, what gives?
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California has mandated spending minimums for certain state budget items (such as education) and therefore to balance the budget they have often taken from the transportation gas tax to help balance the budget. Attempts to require the gas tax to be spent on road and highway infrastructure have failed.
We’ll see how much of the $52 billion in revenue being raised from the most recent gas tax increase and increased DMV auto registration fees actually ends up going to repair highway infrastructure.