The vote on AB-1446 (by Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles) was yesterday afternoon. The state bill is needed in order to put a Measure R extension on a ballot before county voters. On a related note, the Metro Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on whether to take the [continue reading]
Measure R was approved by nearly 68 percent of Los Angeles County voters in 2008 as a half-cent sales tax that would be in effect for 30 years — with an expiration date of mid-2039. As many Source readers know, Metro staff are proposing to ask county voters to extend [continue reading]
The bill, AB 1446, next goes to the full Assembly floor. If approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the bill would allow the Metro Board of Directors to ask Los Angeles County voters to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax beyond its 2039 expiration date. [continue reading]
The state bill that would give the Metro Board of Directors the authority to send a Measure R extension to voters was approved by a second Assembly committee on Monday. Earlier this month, the bill was approved by the Assembly’s Local Governments committee. The Metro Board has not decided to [continue reading]
The bill, AB 1446, was approved yesterday by the state Assembly’s Committee on Local Governments. It still must be considered by two other Assembly committees — Transportation and Appropriations — and, of course, would need approval of the state Senate and the signature of Gov. Jerry Brown to become law. [continue reading]
In 2008, Los Angeles County voters approved the Measure R sales tax increase of one-half cent to pay for new road and transit projects. The approval of Measure R — with 68 percent of the vote — jump-started Metro’s efforts to build a network of bus and rail projects that [continue reading]
