"George C. Runner, Jr." is the Vice Chair of the State Board of Equalization (California)/California State Board of Equalization, the only publicly elected tax commission in the United States. He is the Republican Party (United States)/Republican member representing the Board's 1st District.

From 2004 to 2010, he was a California State Senator representing the California's 17th State Senate district/17th Senate District, and was the Republican Caucus Chair (the Senate's second-highest Republican leadership post) from 2004 to 2009. From 1996 to 2002, he was a California State Assemblyman representing the California's 36th State Assembly district/36th Assembly District, which at the time consisted of portions of Los Angeles County.

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By throwing on more and more responsibilities, employees become more expensive and eventually too expensive, and automation becomes the answer.

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Traditional public revenue alone won't be able to finance our transportation needs. There are billions of dollars available in the private market and there are more needs than we have (public) dollars available.

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