TRANSPORTATION -- RELATED PUBLICATIONS AIR QUALITY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY - The Senate Select Committee on Air Quality was created to address the ever-growing air pollution crisis facing California's San Juaquin Valley. Since its inception, the Committee has held twelve informational hearings throughout the Valley. Topics ranged from the health effects of the dirty air, the role of agriculture operations, including dairies, and the contribution of mobile sources such as cars, trains, and diesel school busses to air quality. Asthma rates and respiratory illness have escalated into a public health crisis. This report will summarize and present the findings of the Committee's activities in 2003. It includes a brief overview, newspaper articles documenting the work of the committee and legislative proposals related to the Valley's air quality. (Stock #1257-S; $10.51 - includes tax s/h) (4/04) IMPACT OF THE BUDGET CRISIS ON BAY AREA TRANSPORTATION - The summary report from the hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Bay Area Infrastructure. Billions of dollars are currently being lost by businesses and citizens as a result of increased congestion on Bay Area roadways. Bay Area residents, businesses and elected officials look at the current transportation funding mechanisms to determine why California roadways are ranked second worst in the nation and the Bay Area has the second most heavily congested freeways in California. (Stock #1250-S; $4.85 - includes tax & s/h) (4/04) INITIATIVES AND LEGISLATIVE BALLOT MEASURES: STATUS OF PROP 4 OF 1979 AND PROP 111 OF 1990 - The testimony and materials presented at the hearing are invaluable to anyone wishing to understand the historical perspective and the role of the current state spending cap as well as the ramifications of making any future adjustments. Highlights from the testimony, discussions, and written materials included the following: Proposition 4 was to limit growth on both state and local government; Proposition 111 was to help the needs for increased student enrollment and critical transportation construction improvements. Future revisions to the spending limit could dramatically interfere with the state's ability to meet its needs in the areas of education, health, infrastructure, and our rapidly aging population. (Stock #1212-S; $6.47 - includes tax s/h) (3/03) PROPOSITION 51: TRAFFIC CONGESTION RELIEF AND SAFE SCHOOL BUS ACT - This proposition proposes t transfer 30% of the state's share of sales tax paid on the sale and lease of new and used motor vehicles from the state's General Fund to a new Traffic Congestion Relief and Safe School Bus Trust Fund established by the initiative. The trust fund would finance a variety of transportation, environmental and other programs and projects. This summary report contains the Senate Local Government Committee staff's explanation of what happened at the hearing held on 9/25, 9/26, 10/2, 10/3/2002, witnesses' written material, briefing papers, and background information. (Stock #1182-S; $5.93 - includes tax s/h) (10/02) RED LIGHTS & TRAFFIC CAMERAS - Informational hearing by Senator Steve Peace and the Senate Privacy Committee to discuss the accuracy of traffic cameras installed and maintained by the Lockheed Martin company. (Stock #1172-S; $4.04 - includes tax s/h) (8/01) PRIVATE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN PUBLIC RECORDS: ISSUES RAISED BY SAN DIEGO DEFENDER'S POLICY OF DATA COLLECTION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL - Informational hearing held by Senator Steve Peace and the Senate Committee on Privacy. (Stock #1171-S; $4.31 - includes tax s/h) (4/02) STOPPING IDENTITY FRAUD AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES – This is an Oversight Hearing scheduled by the Senate Transportation Committee after the publication of a series of news reports on the issuance of fraudulent duplicate driver’s licenses by the DMV and the Department’s acknowledgement that the problems in this regard do exist. (Stock #1073-S; $5.66 – includes tax, s/h) (11/00) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ROUTE 710 FREEWAY CORRIDOR – On November 13, 1999 the Senate Transportation Committee held an Interim Hearing to discuss the Interstate 710 freeway corridor which faces major challenges with regards to congestion, delays and future growth. (Stock #1021-S; $4.85 – includes tax s/h) (11/99) OVERSIGHT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CENTURY FREEWAY WATER DAMAGE, OVERSIZED TRUCKS/PERMITS AND FAULTY WELDS IN FREEWAY COLUMNS) – The Senate Transportation Committee held this hearing to discuss what progress it and others have make in determining and completing a long-term solution to the water invasion; Structure and processes for issuing transportation permits for oversized trucks and their loads and to review the Departments slow moving response to the discovery of faulty welds in many freeway support columns; The integrity of certain freeway structures and the safety of the traveling public. (Stock #1016-S; $4.58 – includes tax s/h) (10/99) THE SINKING OF THE CENTURY FREEWAY –- An oversight hearing of the Senate Transportation Committee. They discuss such issues as the 105 Freeway, which stretches 17 miles from El Segundo to Norwalk, and problems with the drainage system which effects the natural groundwater. (Stock #991-S; $4.31 – includes tax s/h) (4/99) LINKING THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY TO THE WORLD: UPDATE ON THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR -- Joint Committee hearing held on October 16, 1997 in Long Beach, California by the Senate Committee on the Alameda Corridor Project and the Assembly Select Committee on Corridors of Economic Significance. (Stock #940-S; $7.00 -- includes tax s/h) (10/97) (See also Stock #959-S) SANTA CLARA COUNTY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY V. GUARDINO: FACTS, IMPACTS AND OPTIONS -- A summary report of the January 24, 1996 informational hearing of the Senate Local Government Committee, which reviewed the impact of the California Supreme Court's Santa Clara decision on local agency general funds. This report includes a summary of hearing testimony, reprints of written testimony and contains a copy of the hearing's background paper. (stock #845-S; $6.73 -- includes tax, s/h) (1/96) CALIFORNIA RANKINGS: COMPARING CALIFORNIA TO OTHER STATES IN THE NATION -- A report prepared by the Senate Office of Research which includes charts displaying California's ranking as compared to the other 49 states in the following issue areas: Employment, Economy and Demographics; State and Local Finance; Education; Health; Housing; Criminal Justice; Environment, Energy, Transportation and the Arts; Elections. (stock #806-S; $10.24 -- includes tax, s/h) (7/95)