Our View: One way or another, state must fix roads

California’s roads are crumbling, as every driver in the state well knows. Along stretches of Highway 99, to name one egregious example, the state of disrepair is downright Third World. The situation will not change without a significant infusion of funding.

Gov. Jerry Brown and California legislative leaders have proposed a plan that would do just that. But, naturally, it will cost us — to the tune of $52 billion over 10 years.