Caltrans must be held accountable for misspent funds

It was clear from the beginning that voters didn’t trust Sacramento to spend new gas tax revenue for its promised purposes.
In the push to pass Senate Bill 1 in 2017, Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature agreed to put a “lock box” measure on the ballot to protect the new transportation revenue from budget raids, and they also agreed to create a new position at Caltrans — an independent inspector general with the authority to investigate transportation projects and make su