A special state senate committee took a first step in providing funds for California's crumbling roads yesterday. They passed a bill that would increase the gas tax by $0.12 a gallon. Any tax increase would need support from two-thirds of the legislature and Governor Jerry Brown -- who put the issue on the table earlier this year, but is still not endorsing a solution.
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