What's your apolitical, honest opinion of CA infrastructure? (schools, maintenance)

[HappyinCali]

Originally Posted by CCbaxter

So in each of these situations, who do you believe should have been fired?

The head of Division of Safety of Dams

The head of Caltrans - California Department of Transportation

The people directly responsible for Oroville Dam inspections

The Chief engineer and architect of the Bay Bridge. The person in charge of procurement.

The head of http://www.dof.ca.gov/

The Controller, who is in charge of http://www.sco.ca.gov/eo_housing_and...structure.html (she is elected, so she should be forced to resign.

[payutenyodagimas]

but constructions is a union job. shouldn't we be blaming unions for doing sloppy maintenance?

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Underfunded, and, inadequate for the number of people who live here.

[payutenyodagimas]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

Underfunded, and, inadequate for the number of people who live here.

despite the taxes we paid?

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by BeauCharles

Bad decisions and poor planning doesn't happen in a vacuum.

Oh save it. Take away the the political aspect of posting and many on these forums could not form a complete sentence let alone any kind of coherent response to a subject.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by NextStage

Apolitically, I do believe there needs to be accountability. More important though, I think there needs to be action. Figuring out who should have done what and when and didn't do it isn't going to fix anything.

Sadly, I suspect there won't be a lot of action. Politicians and voters on both sides have a lot more fun pointing fingers and calling for head removal. Actually getting something done requires rolling up sleeves and sometimes kicking in a couple extra $$. That seems to be something many are averse to.

First it requires getting rid of people who make bad decisions or ...... they will keep making them and just waste more money. Would you keep an employee who wasted the companies resources and created damaged products??????

[HappyinCali]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

Underfunded, and, inadequate for the number of people who live here.

That's factually incorrect when it comes to Dams.

As of 2013, California budgeted nearly $12 million for its dam safety program, or more than $9,000 per regulated dam — compared to the national average of less than $1,000 per dam, according to National Inventory of Dams data. That funding does not include money for maintenance and repair, said Ogden of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials.

“They are really far and above any other state program,” he said. “They have a lot of resources and they use them.”

Disturbing deficiencies seen in California

And they still skipped inspections!

[Cream1]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

Oh save it. Take away the the political aspect of posting and many on these forums could not form a complete sentence let alone any kind of coherent response to a subject.

Without politics, this thread would be done at "THE INFRASTRUCTURE EFFING SUCKS."

[Social Democrat]

It seems obvious CA infrastructure is in poor condition. Those responsible for the poor state of our infrastructure should bear consequences but they never will.
It may take a ballot initiative to direct funds to infrastructure upgrades using vehicle gasoline/ vehicle registration fees. Sometimes those in charge need to be directly guided by the public when it comes to spending priorities.

[shooting4life]

Originally Posted by Social Democrat

It seems obvious CA infrastructure is in poor condition. Those responsible for the poor state of our infrastructure should bear consequences but they never will.
It may take a ballot initiative to direct funds to infrastructure upgrades using vehicle gasoline/ vehicle registration fees. Sometimes those in charge need to be directly guided by the public when it comes to spending priorities.

When they do that they just syphon other funds going to the roads so the spending stays the same. Same thing happens with schools.