UCI

Preparing for Regional Growth

Most Orange County residents apparently believe that their local government has enough money to cope with growth: 58 percent say that local governments have adequate funding for the roads and other infrastructure projects that are needed. They are more positive on this question than Californians were overall in a May 2001 PPIC Statewide Survey.

On this fiscal issue, there is general agreement in the North and South County regions and across population groups. Most liberals, moderates, and conservatives and Republicans, Democrats, and independent voters believe that local governments do have adequate funding for the infrastructure projects needed to prepare for future growth. Agreement is also general across age, education, and income groups, and Latinos (65%) are even more optimistic than non-Hispanic whites (56%) that their local governments have funds for infrastructure.

"Overall, do you think your local government does or does not have adequate funding for the roads, transit, and other infrastructure projects that are needed to prepare for future growth?"