The state owns and operates a wide array of infrastructure related to areas such as transportation, education, natural resources, and criminal justice. Additionally, the state helps to support a variety of types of local infrastructure in these areas.
For more information, see our publication A Ten-Year Perspective: California Infrastructure Spending (PDF).
Over the past 10 years, the state has spent about $100 billion on infrastructure. The majority of this spending has gone to local infrastructure. (Local governments and the federal government also support local infrastructure.)
For more information, see our publication Cal Facts 2018.