SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – How much is one vote worth in the California state Senate?
A half-billion dollars, if linked to a gas-tax hike.
The key vote to raise Californians’ gas taxes and vehicle fees Thursday came from a little known Republican lawmaker.
Sen. Anthony Cannella won a $400 million railroad extension into his Central Valley district in California’s agricultural heartland and $100 million for the University of California, Merced.
He was among several lawmakers who secured nearly $1 billion in transportation projects.