Hoping for a windfall: Legislators unveil bill to ask voters for $1B offshore wind bond

IN A STEP toward building the first massive wind farms off California’s coast, three Assemblymembers have proposed a $1 billion bond act to help pay for the expansion of ports.

The bill, if approved, would place a bond before voters aimed at helping ports build capacity to assemble, construct and transport wind turbines and other large equipment. Long Beach and Humboldt County have plans to build such expansion projects.