Northern California and the One Plan to Rebuild California
– Vote yes on Props 1A, 1B all the way through 1E

One simple plan, one powerful idea: Build it now. Set something aside to pay over the long term – without raising taxes.

Like the rest of California, Northern California’s economy depends on good schools, good roads, safe homes and clean drinking water – and we need to invest in our infrastructure to keep our economy sound.

One plan that delivers for Northern California:

• Widen Highway 99, improve Highway 70 and Highway 101.
• Improve safety on local streets and roads.
• Safe homes for seniors and victims of domestic violence.
• Make our schools earthquake safe.
• Protect our homes from flooding.
• Safeguard our supply of clean drinking water.

One plan everyone supports. Business and Labor. Democrats and Republicans. North and South. Everyone agrees it’s time for one comprehensive plan for infrastructure – the one plan to Rebuild California.

Traffic and Transportation

Prop. 1A: By closing a legal loophole to prevent the diversion of gasoline sales taxes, Northern California stands to gain a stable source of long-term transportation funding. A portion of these funds would be distributed directly to cities for local transportation needs, including millions of dollars a year to Chico, Redding and surrounding cities and counties.

Prop. 1B: Northern California stands to gain a significant share of this $20 billion effort to expand and repair our most dangerous and congested highways, fund public transit and reduce air pollution.

Northern California’s fair share: the Rebuild California Plan would provide each region a fair share for regional improvements and local projects, including millions of dollars for regional transportation projects in Northern California.

• Funding to improve Highway 99, Highway 101, Highway 70 and Highway 20, along with others.
  
• Funds for transit operators to expand service, replace buses and train cars, and modernize transit systems throughout the region.
  
• Millions in STIP funds for the region’s priority transit and highway projects.
  
• Funding for cities and counties to meet their local transportation priorities, including improving safety, filling potholes and resurfacing streets.

In addition to these funds, Northern California is well positioned to compete for funding available statewide to improve safety and reduce congestion on major highway corridors including:

• $1 billion for transit security and disaster preparedness.
• $4.5 billion for high-priority highway improvements, like Interstate 5.
• $1 billion for self help counties.

Among the major Northern California projects eligible for funding under the Rebuild California Plan:

Yuba County

Highways

SR 70
o New Algodon Road Interchange
o New interchange at Forty Mile Road

Sutter County

Highways

SR 20 - Widen

SR 99
o Add lanes near Yuba city
o Add new interchange at Riego Rd or Sankey Road 

SR 70
o Widen and construct four lane expressway near East Nicolaus

Humboldt County

Highways

US 101
o Eureka to Arcata Corridor improvements
o SR 36 interchange

Mendocino County

Highways

US-101 Corridor Projects
o Willits Bypass
o Hopland Bypass
o Ukiah Area Interchanges

SR 20
o Operational improvements, add passing lanes between Fort Bragg and Willits

Housing and Emergency Shelter

Northern California is expected to receive millions to fund emergency shelter and housing programs, which would leverage millions more in private, federal and local matching funds and build hundreds of affordable homes and emergency shelter spaces.

In addition, Northern California is well positioned to receive a share of $1.15 billion in funding available to help communities build more homes closer to job centers and train and public transit stations to ease congestion long term.

Schools

The Rebuild California Plan would provide Northern California with a share of $7.3 billion to build new schools and repair or expand overcrowded or dilapidated school buildings. State funds pay for half the cost of each new school, and 60 percent of the funding for each major repair and renovation project.

The plan includes $500 million to help build new charter schools, and $500 million to help local schools provide career and technical education.

In addition, the Rebuild California Plan provides $3 billion to repair and expand community colleges and universities such as Chico State.

Water Supply and Flood Control

The Rebuild California Plan helps protect farms, homes and businesses from devastating floods by providing $3 billion to repair and reinforce river levees – and in the process protecting one of the largest sources of water to farms, homes and businesses throughout the state.

In addition, Northern California would receive a share of $500 million set aside for local flood control projects and $300 million to help manage storm runoff that can pollute local streams and rivers.