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California transportation secretary urges DBEs to pursue new state and federal funding opportunities

California State Transportation Agency · November 25, 2024
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At the second annual DBE Summit, California Secretary of Transportation Tokso Mashakin urged small, disadvantaged and veteran-owned businesses to get certified and compete for a surge in federal and state infrastructure funding, citing the IJA and state allocations by Governor Newsom.

Tokso Mashakin, California's secretary of transportation, opened the second annual DBE Summit and urged disadvantaged business enterprises, disabled veteran business enterprises and other small firms to pursue certification and bid on expanding infrastructure work.

"It's a really exciting time, in the transportation space, in the infrastructure space in the state because more money than ever before is being put into our industry," Mashakin said, pointing to…

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