Taxes on table to fund California roads
By Jim Miller
The way California raises money to maintain and repair state highways and local roads has largely been the same for more than two decades.
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders want to change that, and Californians would pay more as a result.
In what would be the biggest shakeup of state transportation funding since the early 1990s, they are trying to craft a package that would raise billions of dollars for road upkeep, goods movement and public transit, mostly through a mix of higher taxes and fees.