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City of Pleasanton Legislative Platform 2016 <br /> •u • <br /> KL E A G U E0 1400 K Street, Suite 400•Sacramento,California 95814 <br /> cx CAi i RiiiNIA Phone: 916.658.8200 Fax: 916.658.8240 <br /> CITIES voivw.cacities.org <br /> August 10,2015 <br /> The Honorable Jim Beall <br /> Chair,Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Development Committee <br /> State Capitol,Room 2209 <br /> Sacramento,CA 95814 <br /> RE: Mel 1 Beall).Transportation Funding.(as amended July 14, 2015) <br /> Notice of Support <br /> Dear Senator Beall: <br /> The League of California Cities is pleased to support SBx I 1 (Beall),which would provide much <br /> needed funding to the state and local roadway system to address the overwhelming backlog of <br /> preservation and maintenance. <br /> The 2014 California Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment rated the state's pavement <br /> condition at a precarious 66,and identified a$78.3 billion funding shortfall over the next ten <br /> years to bring the local system up to best management practices. This is in addition to the$59 <br /> billion shortfall identified in the 2014 State Highway Operation and Protection Program. <br /> Already,the local streets and roads we all rely on are literally crumbling beneath our feet.The <br /> conditions are getting so bad that if California doesn't commit to prioritizing funding to fix them, <br /> we could be facing a catastrophe. Without this additional funding,25%of local streets and roads <br /> will be in failed condition in a very short 10 years. <br /> The cost of inaction is high. Our existing transportation system is much like an individual car. <br /> With regular maintenance and minor repairs,it will last a very long time. But if you neglect that <br /> regular maintenance,the costs of repairs increase exponentially. A mere five-year delay will <br /> increase the backlog of the local system by$11 billion,and it would take an additional 10 cent <br /> increase in the gas tax just to make up the ground we lost. <br /> Senate Bill xl 1 would expressly address the backlog of maintenance needs,and is estimated to <br /> generate up to$4.5 billion annually. The funds would be directed to maintenance and <br /> preservation of existing local streets and roads and the state highway system. In addition,five <br /> percent of the revenues would be set aside to incentivize counties currently without a local <br /> transportation funding measure to approve such a measure. <br /> 211 Page <br />