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As Commuters Return, New Report Ranks LA City Roads Amongst the Nation’s Worst
A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has ranked Los Angeles city roads amongst the worst in the country. As companies prepare their workers to return to offices

Cause for Concern: California’s Roads, Bridges
Take Action, Raise Your Voice It doesn’t take a report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), TRIP, or the White House to inform the average citizen that the

New Report: Federal, State and Local Transportation Infrastructure Spending Creates $200 Billion in Economic Benefits and Supports 700,000 Jobs in California Every Year
New, Searchable Database Shows the Economic Benefits of Government Infrastructure Funding for Every California County Sacramento, CA – A first-of-its-kind report released today finds that upcoming spending on federal, state

Infrastructure Spending and Job Growth Are High Priority for Americans
The Rebuild SoCal Partnership (RSCP) has long advocated for increased infrastructure funding at the local, state and federal levels. A new poll finds that the majority of Americans, from both

State Budget Includes Funding for Water Infrastructure
Drought Response and Water Resilience Addressed Money from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State budget will help provide funding for water infrastructure projects in Southern California and throughout the state. It comes

What California’s State Budget Means for Transportation
Funding for Improvements, Jobs Gov. Gavin Newsom’s record-busting $262.6 billion state operating budget includes “unprecedented” levels of state spending on public transportation and the biggest economic recovery package in California’s

RSCP Pioneered a Growing Movement Advocating for Infrastructure Investment
The Rebuild SoCal Partnership (RSCP) was founded in 2016 with a mission to educate elected officials and staff and agency officials and staff, and raise public awareness on the continued

OC Streetcar is Major Milestone
Orange County’s 4.15 mile OC Streetcar is set to make its debut in 2023. The project has been years in the making and will address modern day transportation gaps with

Front Page News: LA Times Reports on the City of Needles’ Water Emergency
We are gratified that the plight of the City of Needles was featured yesterday on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. This article, written by veteran Times reporter

New $1.2B Investment in CA Infrastructure, $630M Coming from SB 1
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $1.18 billion for projects to fix and improve transportation infrastructure throughout the state. More than half of this critical investment, $630 million, comes

Could Salton Sea be Answer for EVs?
Lithium Mining Could Benefit California Climate change has required Americans to examine the impact gas-powered vehicles make on the environment. With an executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom directing that

Prioritizing H2O with WATER Act
Bill Would Set Aside $35 B Annually for Drinking, Wastewater With the most recent drought, Californians are again having to reckon with an urgent water crisis. But water infrastructure is