Sacramento, CA…Today, Assemblyman Frank Bigelow, R-O’Neals issued the following statement in response to Governor Brown’s State of the State Address:

“I was very glad to hear the Governor stress the need for a focus on infrastructure in the year ahead. Our priorities in 2017 must be building new water storage and fixing our roads. The recent storms could have filled Sites Reservoir and Temperance Flat Dam if they had already been built, so we must focus our efforts on ensuring these projects are funded and completed. Our farms and families have conserved; now the state must step up to support them with more water storage. While the Governor and I have differing views on how to tackle funding for our failing roads, I know that if we work together we can find solutions that will benefit all Californians. I’m ready and willing to work together with Republicans and Democrats, just as the Governor laid out in his address. Let’s make 2017 a productive and prosperous new year.”

Assemblyman Frank Bigelow, R-O’Neals, is a lifelong rancher who represents the 5th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes all or parts of Placer, El Dorado, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera and Mono counties.