California
is growing, and local communities are struggling to address unmet community
infrastructure needs-affordable housing, transportation, neighborhood improvements,
sewers, parks, and other infrastructure-that impact quality of life. Local
communities need flexible new tools to empower them to make smarter and
sustainable community investments required to help shape their futures.
In a new report entitled Investing in a Sustainable Future: An Analysis
of ACA 14 and SCA 11, PolicyLink analyzes the infrastructure shortfall
and makes the case for two constitutional amendments introduced in the California
state legislature in 2003-ACA 14 and SCA 11 proposed by Assemblymember Darrell
Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Senator Richard Alarcon (D-Los Angeles)-that
would provide these tools. ACA 14 and SCA 11 would lower the current two-thirds
voter approval threshold to 55 percent for local sales tax and bond measures
for communities that want the flexibility to invest in a mix of community
infrastructure and amenities, with a minimum investment of 20 percent in
affordable housing, transportation improvements, parks, and other general
infrastructure.
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