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October 19,
2012 | CM | 1.00 |
R U Ready 4 Measure J?Westside Urban ForumLos Angeles, CA In 2008, Los Angeles County voters passed Measure R increasing sales tax by a half-cent to fund transportation. Over 30 years, Measure R promises to pay for a variety of new bus, rail, and highway projects, fund bus and rail operations, and provide money to cities for local transportation needs.
Now, four years later, many of the original Measure R proponents have placed Measure J on the November ballot. Measure J asks voters to extend the expiration date of Measure R for an additional 30 years.
Supporters claim this will allow Los Angeles County to accelerate many of the original projects as well as provide additional funding for transit operations and local transportation needs. In addition, supporters argue Measure J will create jobs and help the economy while taking advantage of historically low financing costs.
Others say Measure J is the wrong move, arguing that it's too soon to ask voters for additional funding and first, Metro needs to to prove it can deliver on the original Measure R promises. Others oppose measure J because of aspects they see as flawed in the original Measure R.
Join the Westside Urban Forum on October 19th to hear both sides of this important issue.
More Instructors: Denny Zane AICP Denny Zane is Executive Director of Move LA, an organization working to coalesce environmental, labor, business, community and student leaders and organizations to ensure sufficient funding to provide a clean, efficient, and robust transit system for Los Angeles County. Move LA played a key role in moving Measure R, which provided for a ½-cent sales tax increase for transportation purposes, onto the Los Angeles County ballot and will generate nearly $40 billion in new transportation dollars over 30 years. Zane is also formerly the Mayor and for 12 years a city councilmember in Santa Monica, California, and formerly Executive Director of the Coalition for Clean Air. (4 Ratings)
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