Despite millions of dollars in cleanup and legal fees that have already been paid by businesses in Fullerton, Anaheim and Placentia near the North Orange County Groundwater Basin, Orange County Water District continues to pursue a very risky strategy. OCWD recently wrote a letter to...
The California State Transportation Agency and the Department of Transportation announced they are fast tracking "fix it first" funding from SB 1, with construction beginning on 13 pavement projects across the state, with Caltrans expediting the design of an additional 50 projects. Three projects in Orange...
OCBC weighed in Monday at the California Energy Commission workshop in Diamond Bar to evaluate Southern California's energy reliability, advocating for the reopening of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility. Currently, the state has a moratorium on injections and withdrawals of gas at Aliso...
Last week, President Trump proposed a $4.1 trillion federal budget for 2018. While it is still up to lawmakers to finalize the budget, it gives insight into the administration's priorities. It includes $1.4 billion toward school vouchers to bolster "school choice" programs in an effort...
Lawmakers in Sacramento rush this week to meet a Friday deadline to pass bills out of their house of origin before they expire. The only bills exempt from the Friday deadline are those requiring a two-thirds vote, such as a proposal to revamp the state's...
The TCA Foothill-South Settlement Agreement, which cleared the way for a solution to improve mobility in South Orange County and the Southern California region - won top honors from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) at the 2017 Sustainability Awards. Recognized for 2017's Outstanding...
The Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA), in partnership with Caltrans, anticipates finalizing the environmental documents in late 2017 on the 241/91 Express Connector, reviewing comments as part of the environmental process. TCA also leads the design effort for this proposed connector, adding a direct, tolled median-to-median...
Last Thursday, Gov. Brown released the May Revision of the California budget, which reduced the forecasted $5.8 billion revenue shortfall in January to $3.3 billion -primarily based on higher capital gains. Nevertheless, this continues to mark the most constrained budget since 2012 with many cuts...
On Friday, Gov. Brown signed SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, which is a landmark transportation funding package. SB1 will help to reduce the backlog of infrastructure projects in California with $52.4 billion over the next decade to fix roads, freeways...
A new study by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and UC Berkeley finds that Californian's must cut their driving by 1.6 miles per day in order for the state to meet its climate change goals by 2030. The report suggests that California needs billions...
