STATE — California lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday to extend the state’s slow-moving experiment with a statewide road user charge, advancing a bill reflecting growing concern about the future of the state’s transportation funding.
Authored by Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City), the bill does not create a mileage fee.
Instead, it extends the state’s pilot program, research efforts, and advisory work until 2035, preserving the option of a per-mile charge to replace declining gas-tax revenues that have funded California’s roads…