Posts Tagged: Scot Wiener

Capitol Weekly Insider Survey: The best and worst legislators of 2025

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks. Photo by Scott Duncan

by CAPITOL WEEKLY STAFF posted 07.15.2025

In our latest survey conducted in partnership with Paul Mitchell of Political Data Inc., we polled thousands of Capitol denizens on their favorite and least favorite legislators. As with the Top 100, this is sure to spark some controversy.

Paying by the mile for California roads, infrastructure

Traffic on the Harbor Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo: Jose Luis Stephens, via Shutterstock)

by DARYL HOPKINS posted 02.09.2022

Keeping roads pothole free has been a challenge in California for decades. But an unusual solution has emerged — a per-mile-driven fee on motorists, called a Road Use Charge, with the money going to build and maintain infrastructure, including roads and highways.