Los Angeles Times Author: Ari Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times Article Mentions
Author, Ari Bloomekatz, Los Angeles TimesMentioned, Antonio Villaraigosa Mentioned, Jerry Brown Mentioned, Peter Sanders
Los Angeles transportation officials want to ask voters during next fall's presidential election to support at least a 10-year extension of the Measure R sales tax, a move that could raise billions more for transit projects and likely speed construction. When officials convinced the county electorate in 2008 to overwhelmingly approve the half-cent levy for rail and other transportation efforts, it increased the sales tax in Los Angeles County to 9.75% one of the highest rates in California. At the time, the full effects of the recession had not yet hit. The tax was supposed to expire after 30 years and yield some $40 billion. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other officials have been working since to find ways to borrow against f...(read more)
... Los Angeles transportation officials want to ask voters during next fall's presidential election to support at least a 10-year extension of the Measure R sales tax, a move that could raise billions more for transit projects and likely speed construct ...
... and other officials have been working since to find ways to borrow against future Measure R revenues so they can build the transportation projects faster. Villaraigosa has traveled to Washington several times in an attempt to gain federal funding and ...
... the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the county Board of Supervisors. Feuer spokeswoman Smith said the bill would probably be considered by an Assembly policy committee before the end of April. Denny Zane, director of th ...
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