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By Joe Linton

8:35 AM PDT on May 23, 2025

Overview of Metro's FY2526 budget - via Metro presentation

Metro Approves $9.4B FY25-26 Budget (KTLA, Pasadena Now, Eastsider)
L.A. City Approves $14B Budget (NBC4, KCAL, LAist)
- Council Conservatives Vote Against Slowing Proposed LAPD Hiring (LAT)
KTLA Reviews Metro/DOT Mobility Wallet Pilot Results
More On Metro Bike Share Procurement (Public Press)
Metro Contractor Hired Ambassador with an Open Sexual Assault Case (LAist)
Metro Approves Motion Supporting Future Water Taxi (LB Post)
New County Oil Drilling Regulations Limit Inglewood Site (Public Press)
Long Beach Pilots Allowing E-Scooters On Beach Path (KTLA)
PCH Has Re-Opened (SMDP)
Carnage: Injuries As Truck Driver Crashes Into 210 Freeway Wall (KTLA, KABC, NBC4)
- Thousand Oaks DUI Driver Crashes Into Stopped Police Car (KTLA)

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