San Diego 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, San Diego’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 San Diego:
- New lanes on Interstate 5, the 805 Freeway and Interstate 15.
- Moving forward with light rail and bus rapid transit.
- Safe homes for seniors and victims of domestic violence.
- Making our schools earthquake safe.
- Protecting our supply of clean drinking water.
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, the San Diego region 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 nearly $19 million a year to San Diego and surrounding cities.
Prop. 1B: The San Diego region 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.
San Diego’s fair share: the Rebuild California Plan would provide each region a fair share for regional improvements and local projects, including more than $473 million to county and city transportation projects in the San Diego region.
In addition, San Diego is well-positioned to receive a share of $8.25 billion in funding available statewide to improve safety and reduce congestion on major highway corridors, rebuild aging roads, move goods to and from ports and reduce air pollution.
Among the major San Diego projects eligible for funding under the Rebuild California Plan:
I-5 Corridor
o HOV/Managed Lanes from La Jolla Village Drive to Camp Pendleton
I-15 Corridor
o HOV/Managed Lanes from SR 163 to SR 78
o HOV/Transit Priority Lanes on SR 94 to Downtown San Diego
o HOV/Managed Lanes from SR 94 to SR 163
I-15 Corridor, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
o BRT Vehicles and Stations from Escondido to Downtown San Diego
I-805 Corridor
o HOV/Managed Lanes from Telegraph Canyon Road to I-5 Junction
o South Bay BRT, BRT Vehicles and Stations from East Chula Vista to Downtown San Diego
Mid-Coast Light Rail Transit (LRT)
o Super Loop High Frequency Circulator in University City
o Trolley Extension from Old Town Transit Station to University City
State Route (SR) 52
o New Six Lane Freeway Extension from SR 125 to SR 67
o Freeway Widening from I-15 to SR 125
State Route 76
o New Four-Lane Expressway from Melrose Drive to I-15
Housing and Emergency Shelter
The San Diego region is expected to receive about $104 million to fund emergency shelter and housing programs, which would leverage more than $300 million in private, federal and local matching funds and build about 2,400 affordable homes and shelter spaces.
In addition, the San Diego region 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 stations to ease congestion long term.
Schools
The Rebuild California Plan would provide San Diego 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 UC San Diego and San Diego State.
Water Supply and Flood Control
The Rebuild California Plan helps protect San Diego’s supply of clean drinking water by providing $3 billion to repair and reinforce river levees in and around California’s Central Valley – one of the two largest sources of drinking water to the region.
In addition, San Diego 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, as well as the Pacific Ocean.
