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would help lower overall healthcare delivery costs because of the state’s sizable purchasing power and presence. Te notion, though, begs the age-old concerns of government and its employees’ ability to provide services and goods more effectively than private enterprise. With California having the


country’s highest poverty rates and the most homeless people – estimated at 150,000 by the federal government – the governor’s budget proposal also includes $1.4 billion to shelter and provide healthcare to the homeless. Typically left to local governments, the budget proposal endeavors to challenge cities and counties to partner with the state to address one of California’s most vexing challenges.


Transportation Dollars and Climate Resiliency


Te governor’s first year in office proved to be both challenging and


frustrating to many signature industries – oil and mineral, agriculture, housing, and transportation in particular. Te most controversial transportation proposals by Gov. Newsom in 2019 attempted to ransom the hard fought 2017 SB 1 revenues. First, the governor proposed to tie housing production goals to SB 1 dollars in last year’s budget. Second, the governor issued


an executive order last September (N-19-19) attempting to leverage California’s sizable expenditures – transportation dollars, pension fund dollars, General Services budget – so that electric vehicle utilization increases and greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. Both proposals were met with concern and, in the case of the budget appropriation, with opposition by AGC and transportation community. To date, SB 1 dollars have been preserved and are working for their intended purpose. Te 2020-21 budget proposal currently does not attempt to steer


SB 1 dollars away or hold them hostage on other performance metrics. In fact, the governor made it a point to say at his budget press conference that “SB 1 dollars are locked in and that anyone who says otherwise is misdirecting” information. Te budget proposal as now


presented takes a five-year view of future expenditures to better match the previously made commitments to climate and transportation issues. For example, the $5 billion commitment in the executive order for climate fixes now is scored as originally imagined by SB 1 (i.e. $1 billion in public transit and rail expenditures per year over five years). State Highway Operations and Protection Program (SHOPP) and State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) funding proposals align with those previously planned with the passage of SB 1 over the next five years, $22 billion and $3.3 billion respectively. Te Transportation Agency is


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