After strong debate between opposing interests, the California State Senate approved a proposal to raise gas taxes and vehicle fees by $5.2 billion per year to pay for the repair of California?s decaying system of roads, highways and bridges. Is this good or bad for the region?
 
The impact to San Diego County will be significant and our speakers will talk about it with respect to:

Speakers


Carl DeMaio
Business Advocate and Radio Host

Carl DeMaio knows how to reform government - and he has built an entire business and a political career on speaking truth to power, holding government accountable, and offering creative solutions to public challenges. At the age of 23, Carl DeMaio started his first company the Performance Institute to provide training and consulting solutions to help financially-troubled government entities cut costs while improving performance.
 
DeMaio turned his business success into a life-long crusade to improve the performance, transparency, efficiency and accountability of government at all levels. DeMaio won a seat on the San Diego City Council in 2008 and helped turn that city around from the brink of bankruptcy through his Roadmap to Recovery reform agenda.

Rich Crompton, P.E. 
Director, Department of Public Works, County of San Diego 
Richard Crompton currently serves as Director of the County of San Diego Department of Public Works (DPW). Before appointment to this position, he served as the department's Assistant Director.
Mr. Crompton oversees all aspects of DPW's four divisions:  Transportation, Engineering Services, Land Development, and Management Services.

DPW is responsible for the infrastructure and transportation needs of the County. This includes design, construction, and maintenance of nearly 2,000 miles of roads and 200 bridges, flood control systems, wastewater processing, operation of eight airports and more.

Before coming to the County, Mr. Crompton served as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer in the U.S. Navy in a variety of public works and construction management assignments in San Diego; Bahrain; Havelock, North Carolina; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Pensacola, Florida; Port Hueneme, California; and Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico.

Mr. Crompton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from North Carolina State University, and a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Florida. He is a Registered Civil Engineer in California.