A 23 county Northern California trade coalition from Kern County to Sacramento to the Bay Area has been formed to demand their fair share of the $2.1 billion from Proposition 1B.
Los Angeles originally demanded 85% of the funds. Because, you know, if you have 1/3 of the population that totally makes sense.
Leaders in Southern California get their way on most issues, partly because of their dominant numbers in the Legislature and partly because the rest of the state hasn't been as unified or cohesive.
Bay Area officials would go one way. Those in the Sacramento area go another. San Joaquin Valley representative would head in a third direction.
That has resulted in more dollars and influence for Southern California.
It's like in 3rd grade when the boys would only nominate one person for president and the girls would nominate 3 or 4. Haven't we learned since then? The important thing isn't who wins, it's that LA loses.
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