Sacramento, CA
Released by Santa Cruz Sentinel
Transportation officials would be forgiven if they found new hope after the Nov. 6 election.
Voters, though, did not agree to pay for needed improvements to the state's crumbling highways and transit systems. Instead, a winning majority was persuaded by Gov. Jerry Brown and school leaders to approve higher taxes to deter any further cuts to public education…
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