The MSRC celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and thanks to the hundreds of millions of dollars of clean transportation investments it has made over the past two and a half decades, it’s getting a little easier to breathe in Southern California (good for blowing out all those candles). What started as an idea in the Legislature to provide a unique source of funding for the most polluted region in the state has blossomed into a regional and state leader in tackling the most challenging air pollution issues facing California.
For the fourth time, the MSRC embarked on a four-county “road trip” in June, hosting six workshops to gather public stakeholder input for its upcoming 2016-18 Work Program. More than 110 participants from the public sector, private companies, academic institutions and non-profit organizations attended the workshops.
As they have in the past, these workshops presented the MSRC with an important opportunity to meet stakeholders. The MSRC heard from those actually on the ground, implementing clean air projects, what their needs are. All of the project ideas discussed at the workshops and submitted in written comments have
Embarking on her retirement, Tanya Love recently reminisced with the Clean Air Roadmap about her decade of service to the MSRC to help support clean transportation investments in Riverside County. Tanya shared that she didn’t know all that much about the MSRC prior to joining – but she did know that they provided unique funding opportunities that Riverside wasn’t always taking full advantage of.
Shortly after joining the MSRC, Tanya learned that the organization had already made a strong impact in the region by supporting some of the very first clean transportation investments in all of
