Transportation

Goal

Work toward developing and maintaining a statewide transportation network that is adequate for the needs of business, agriculture and individual citizens.

Major Victories

In 2018, helped prevent an effort to repeal 2017 legislation that is providing long-term revenues to fix roads, freeways and bridges across California, and putting more dollars toward transit and safety (Proposition 6).

Backed signing of legislation in 2017 that streamlines licensing for drivers in transportation network companies (SB 182).

Supported signing of urgency bill in 2017 that streamlines regulations for autonomous vehicles (SB 145).

Supported legislation signed into law in 2017 that will provide long-term revenues to fix roads, freeways and bridges across California, and put more dollars toward transit and safety (SB 1).

Stopped bills in 2017 jeopardizing the production of California-based fuel (AB 1645); and imposing additional liability for air emissions (AB 421).

Stopped or secured amendments in 2016 to bills jeopardizing the production of California-based fuel (AB 1759, AB 1882, AB 2729).

Backed legislation signed into law in 2016 that will increase transportation network companies’ use of electric vehicles (AB 2763).

Stopped proposals in 2016 that would have created unnecessary and burdensome mandates on vehicle sales and stifled the ridesharing economy (AB 1108, SB 1035).

Supported legislation signed into law in 2010 authorizing use of design-build by the Riverside County Transportation Commission (AB 2098).

Stopped new tax on goods movement in 2008 by leading a coalition of associations and businesses that persuaded former Governor Schwarzenegger to veto a bill to increase the cost of shipping goods and make California less competitive by imposing an illegal per-container tax in the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles and Oakland (SB 974).