Anonymous
Source: Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal
[On Wednesday], Rep. Carbajal announced that the first installments of federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are on their way to the Central Coast. Federal Aviation Administration allocations will deliver $7,381,647 to local airports and California will receive $4,862,447,187 in Federal Highway Administration funds to create jobs improving our roads and bridges. This is the first round of funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and represents a 20% increase in federal highway funds compared to last year.
“This new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go a long way to improve quality of life on the Central Coast. These federal dollars will put people to work improving our travel infrastructure, which will make our roads safer, cut down on commute times, and help small businesses get their goods to people’s doorsteps,” said Rep. Carbajal. “I was proud to vote for the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and I look forward to seeing more federal resources flow to our communities.”
Congressman Carbajal witnessed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Job Act) be signed into law by President Biden on November 15th, 2021. More information about how the bill will help improve California’s infrastructure can be found here.
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Airport Funding (CA-24) |
Highway Funding (California) |
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San Luis Obispo (SBP) |
$2,346,936 |
National Highway Performance Program |
$2,459,858,046 |
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Santa Barbara (SBA) |
$3,723,976 |
Surface Transportation Block Grant Program |
$1,196,687,698 |
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Santa Maria (SMX) |
$1,015,735 |
Highway Safety Improvement Program |
$262,298,683 |
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Paso Robles (PRB) |
$295,000 |
Railway- Highway Crossings Program |
$16,625,715 |
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Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement |
$505,650,213 |
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Metropolitan Planning |
$66,003,545 |
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National Highway Freight Program |
$127,287,798 |
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Carbon Reduction Program |
$106,704,653 |
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PROTECT Formula Program |
$121,330,836 |
Rep. Salud Carbajal represents California’s 24th congressional district, encompassing Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and part of Ventura County. He sits on the House Armed Services Committee, Agriculture Committee, and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he serves as the Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
This is a mere pittance when compared to $1 Trillion dollars (7 ten thousandths of 1%) – certainly not something to make much of a noise about. And as Pete says most of this will go to non-productive activities. We can do better!
Is it possible to also be provided with an accounting of how much of this federal largesse will be spent on consultants and associated studies and how much will be spent on actual infrastructure improvements?
I’m Pete Stronzo and I approved this message.
Kudos to our Congressional Representative for bringing home the bacon, what will he be bringing for those of us who don’t like pork?
love this system where we are taxed for billions of dollars… and the funds travel up and down and around layers of bureaucracy, and then we’re supposed to be happy when some fraction of it comes back home
Considering that the County’s largest employers are all various aspects of our Government, almost nothing about our local economy actually contributes to the Federal or State tax rolls in a positive way.
The Feds $’s go to Vandenberg and all the ancillary business that operate off the base $’s. The State operates UCSB, SBCC, the prison, the parks, Caltrans and all the ancillary businesses that support those operations. Then its the County with its thousands of workers and various social programs and other programs, and then finally, the local municipalities. All employing and spending millions of Fed and State tax dollars from other people, places and sources. Not a single one of these employers contributes to the economy in a positive manner. They’re all net losses!
The majority of jobs in SB County are paid by tax dollars and therefore, are not actually contributing the the tax rolls. In other words: On every economic measure the economy of the county of Santa Barbara is actually Socialist.
Even the second largest employer (Cottage) gets a huge portion of its revenue from Fed and State government programs and payouts. Nothing about SB is what you’d call a free market.
Add in the huge number of people who commute into SB from Ventura Co and you have even more of a negative draw on our local economy. They’re paid here, but spend their money and their taxes elsewhere… Most of the hotels are owned by out of area corporate interests as are the banks. So what is driving SB’s economy? The Government.
Now you know.
Salud Carbajal is a rookie. Nancy Pelosi got $200 million for a park in her neighborhood