The State Senate-Assembly Transportation Conference Committee is scheduled to meet Friday October 16, 2015 at 10:00am to continue discussions over new transportation revenues and reform efforts.  Throughout the Legislative Session both the Senate and Assembly reviewed various proposals, which included a variety of tax and fee increases, reforms to the California Department of Transportation, and constitutional protections for various transportation revenues, among others.  

We anticipate similar proposals will be considered during the Transportation Conference Committee, although preliminary details suggest the first scheduled hearing will be focused on the current funding needs to address the annual State and local transportation maintenance backlog.  Recent reports detail an annual $6 billion State and $8 billion local transportation funding shortfall just to bring our pavement conditions to a state of good repair.  The Transportation Conference Committee has also scheduled a hearing to take place in Ontario on October 21, 2015.  The details for both hearings are forthcoming.

The Transportation Conference Committee includes Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose), who will act as Co-Chair, joined by his colleagues Senators Benjamin Allen (D-Santa Monica), Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres), Ted Gaines (R-Roseville), and Connie Leyva (D-Chino).  The Assembly will be represented by Assembly Member Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), who will also act as Co-Chair, and will be joined by Assembly Members Autumn Burke (D-Inglewood), Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), Kevin Mullin (D-San Mateo), and Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake).