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Infrastructure. But can we bail it out. 50 million would go to water management. 137 million would go to address the enormous deferment on state and local highways. And he wants that plan available by april. Perhaps as wishful thinking, brown hopes california will get its fair share of the president s proposed trillion dollar infrastructure. That would be about 120 billion. What he wont get will come from increased taxes that californians will have to pay. If we are going to have a civilization, we have to pay for it. In general, we will be doing more, pay as you go. There has to be public expenditure, based on taxes. We have to belly up to the bar and start spending money. Reporter no one should underestimate how much opposition this will face from taxpayers and taxpayer groups. But make no mistake. The infrastructure in california is at the breaking point, and costs exponentially increased, as we try to do this without doing it. Tom vacar,ktvu news. Now to the latest in san jose floo ....