Completion of the current HOV lanes, and the proposed HOT lanes is an immediate must. Build a freeway between the Antelope and the San Gabriel Valleys. Three alternate routes are being studied by SCAG and Caltrans. Support a Multimodal Center in Palmdale. Look into the Benefits and Drawbacks in Creating our own County.
Mining is a major industry in California.
Factors such as lost jobs and lost financial benefit to the overall economy of California are all to often overlooked and even hidden by special interest groups. California must carefully monitor the constant barrage of new federal legislation aimed at our mining industry, making sure that requirements are necessary and cost effective. Representing California workers mandates that the California Delegation seriously weigh all of the benefits and losses that will result from environmental requirements in proposed legislation. In the last four rounds of BRAC, more than half of all of the jobs eliminated in the nation were eliminated in California. We urge the California Delegation to unite and fight further closures in this state.