SACRAMENTO – One year ago landmark federal legislation ushered in a new era of infrastructure investment, sending billions of dollars to California and putting thousands to work making transformative upgrades to improve the sustainability and resiliency of the state’s energy, water, broadband and transportation systems.

“We are rebuilding California and creating thousands of good-paying jobs in the process. This goes far beyond roads and bridges – this is about investing in our communities and our families, giving opportunity to hard-working Californians and ensuring we stay on the cutting edge,” said Governor Gavin Newsom.



President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – on November 15, 2021, sending California more than $16.3 billion in federal infrastructure funding. That includes $14 billion to upgrade the state’s roads, bridges, rail, public transit, airports, electric vehicle charging network, ports and waterways.

The influx of federal funding is on top of the unprecedented $47 billion multiyear infrastructure package in California’s state budget to accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles, promote energy innovation and reliability, improve access to broadband connectivity, reduce wildfire risk to communities, and support drought resiliency and response. These record levels of state and federal funding investments have already created more than 17,000 jobs.