Two Democratic lawmakers unveiled a $7.4-billion transportation plan late Wednesday, the latest effort to break through a yearlong logjam over the state’s funding woes. Jerry Brown's $3.6-billion proposal, which calls for a 6-cent gas tax hike. But lawmakers have made little progress, especially with gas tax hikes — which would require a bipartisan supermajority vote — on the table. With just two weeks left in the legislative session, Frazier said he was open to calling lawmakers back in a November lame-duck session to resolve transportation funding. Among other changes and aside from the 17-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase, which would be indexed to inflation, the Frazier-Beall plan also includes:

Source: Los Angeles Times August 18, 2016 00:18 UTC