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By Joe Linton

8:32 AM PDT on July 11, 2019

Take Metro’s ‘Our Next LA’ Survey (The Source)
Daily News Editorializes Against Metro Rail Spending, Citing Libertarian Reason Foundation
…wait until Reason and DN hear about Metro’s SFV freeway project cost overruns
Gold Line Authority’s New Plan For La Verne’s White Avenue (SGV Tribune)
LAist Looks At Parking In L.A.
Planting Trees Important For Cities, Climate, Health (Curbed)
Fed Transit Admin Grants $100M For $3.6B Purple Line Extension Section 3 (The Source)
…Metro still waiting on FTA for year+ delayed billion-dollar PLE3 Full Funding Grant Agreement
The Eastsider Loves the 2 Freeway
Carson Embracing High-Density Development (Daily Breeze)
State Senate Advances Rent Control Bill A.B. 1482 (Curbed)
How U.S. Laws Favor Drivers And Driving (The Atlantic)

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