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Governor Schwarzenegger today signed AB 1252 by Assemblymember Anna Caballero , which will expedite $300 million in funding for important transportation and housing projects across California.

Transportation officials broke ground on the $325 million Highway 65 bypass in Lincoln on Friday - ' more than three decades after a need for the project was identified.

“So we've got to strike while the iron's hot. ... This summer is the time to go to construction if you can, because the prices are better than they've been in years. We're blessed in our timing”

Widening of Roseville stretch gets green light after contractors needing work submit lower bids. via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

“A lot of folks would have him on the wrong side of the law by today's standards. But he did what he had to do.”

So many Wyatt Earp fans visit the Wild West legend's grave in Colma that the folks who oversee his tombstone at the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park have a special name for them. via Inside Bay Area

“Generally, a party may not complain on appeal that an instruction correct in law and responsive to the evidence was too general or incomplete unless the party has requested appropriate clarifying or amplifying language”

MISSING RECORD People v. Rundle 08 C.D.O.S. 3879 Unlike other instances in which record explicitly mentions off-the- record discussions, in this case there was no indication anywhere in the record, including in ... via ElectricLawyer

“We've definitely become a destination, sort of a smaller version of the Gaslamp District in San Diego”

Fullerton Councilman Richard Jones remembers his sleepy downtown before upscale restaurants, trendy nightclubs and cocktail lounges began taking over the four-block district, and he knows he doesn't want to go ... via Los Angeles Times

A short interruption to 9-1-1 services in the High Desert has been resolved and calls are now going through. via San Bernardino County Sun

“VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 91. IT'S NO LONGER NEEDED.”

The voting guide for Tuesday's election includes what may appear to be a strange argument in defense of Proposition 91, which puts restrictions on the use of gas taxes to ensure funding for transportation ... via CBS 2 - KCAL 9

“If you want to genuinely protect our transportation taxes from being raided, Prop. 91 is the real McCoy”

By: DAVE DOWNEY - Staff Writer While sponsor abandons initiative, some local leaders come to measure's support In a quirky, unintended result of California's initiative process clashing with its ... via North County Times

“It's very clear that the voters of this state want the gas sales tax to be spent on transportation, highways, roads, public transit. And the legislature and the Governor believe that's money that can be raided to balance the budget otherwise”

When California voters head to the polls on February 5th, they face a decision on a proposition that has been abandoned by the very people who got it on the ballot. via ABC7 - KGO-TV

“By passing Proposition 1A, voters solved the problem of state raids of our gas tax funds. Proposition 91 is no longer needed”

At Issue: Proposition 91 covers transit funds. Our Opinion: Proposition 91 offers a constitutional amendment on the state's borrowing of transportation funds. via Daily Democrat

“Once an initiative qualifies for the ballot the Secretary of State has no ability to remove it, unless directed to do so by a court”

As written, Proposition 91 would prohibit certain motor vehicle fuel sales and use taxes from going into the state's general fund, keeping it for transportation. via Sierra Sun

“We needed a broader consensus that doesn't draw as much fire from the environmental community.”

Farmers find water more profitable than crops The chances of a water bond getting to voters this year have diminished significantly now that a key supporter of a business-backed initiative has pulled its ... via Pleasant Hill Record

“Proposition 91 is no longer needed”

Transportation groups that qualified Proposition 91 for the ballot, now encourage voters to vote no at the polls Feb. via Paradise Post

“By passing Proposition 1A, voters solved the problem of state raids of our gas tax funds. Proposition 91 is no longer needed”

With so many presidential candidates to choose from and with seven propositions on the Feb. via The Reporter

“Governor Schwarzenegger should be applauded for his continued commitment to California's infrastructure.”

Published 12:00 am PST Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A20 "If the governor had not rolled back the vehicle license fee, California would not be facing a $14 billion ... via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

“And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past.”

It is a challenging time of year. If you celebrate Christmas, you have to deal with all the confusing rituals and interesting family dynamics and, most probably, retail goods of dubious utility. via SFGate

“I walk my dog Rosie along the banks, then float with the current back home. I'm like a fish in the water.”

LOST LAKE, CALIF. -- Leonard Hook hangs dead catfish from a tree as testimony to his angling prowess and tribute to the river that still fortifies his spirits six decades since it first drew him here as a kid. via Los Angeles Times

“This is a real shot in the arm”

Published 12:00 am PST Saturday, December 1, 2007 Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2 In the downtown railyard, the car machine shop at left is joined to the planing mill by a bridge. via Sacramento Bee