California: Fill potholes with fee increase on vehicle registration
Transportation agencies in Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and other Bay Area counties are considering seeking voter approval to increase auto registration fees by $10 a year to fix potholes, improve transit and fight congestion. Officials believe that the public is so fed up with poor road conditions and bus and rail cuts because of reduced state funding that they may agree to higher fees in economic hard times. A simple majority approval is needed for individual counties to raise the registration fee. Most measures would be on the November ballot.