Calif. gas taxes: Where does your money actually go?
By Erin Baldassari, Bay Area News Group
With a measure to repeal California’s recently enacted gas taxes and registration fees heading to the November ballot, many drivers want to know, just where does all that money actually go?
“It’s extremely complicated,” said Asha Agrawal, the director of the National Transportation Finance Center at San Jose’s Mineta Transportation Institute.
It’s also a big campaign issue, with tax opponents arguing that politicians can’t be trusted to spend these new dollars on the road and rail improvements they’re promising.