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Today's Los Angeles Times has two editorials that don't quite go together.

Sustainable transportation advocates from all parts of the city have weighed in on a draft proposal to repair large parts of the city's road and sidewalk infrastructure through a fifteen-year half-cent sales tax increase.

While Steve Lopez's ongoing coverage of the sad state of Los Angeles' sidewalks isn't exactly breaking ground for regular Streetsblog readers; when an L.A. Times columnist starts asking questions there are usually some interesting answers. Today's column, featuring Deborah Murphy, poor sidewalks and Councilmember Joe Buscaino was no different.

On Wednesday, the City Council Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee ordered city staff to study funding options for a bond proposal to fix city streets.

Brown’s Budget Earning High Marks from Enviros (NRDC, KQED, CAHSR Blog) Daily News Likes It Too How In the World Does the “Promise Zone” Exclude South L.A.? (LAT) 25 Miles of L.A. River Yet to Be Developed (KCET) Planetizen Takes An Utterly Negative View of the Politics of #RoadBond Alpern: Bad Planning Is Ruining the … Continued

Mayor Talking L.A. River, Transportation with President and Cabinet in D.C. (LAist, Patch) #RoadBond in 2014, Measure R++ in 2016? (Daily News) KNBC Playing for “Captive Audience”…on Metro Buses (LAT) Parking Meters Finally Coming to Abbot Kinney (LAist, LA Weekly) Supes  Vote Against Drilling on Public Land in Whittier (LAT) Eastsider Reviews the Hyperion Meeting, … Continued

Metro Gives OK for Final Planning, Construction of Crenshaw Line (The Source) Bike/Ped. Counts Get People Talking (CBS2, LAist, Patch) Curren Price Has Developed Memory Problems on MyFigueroa! (Biking in L.A.) Cedillo Wants Sidewalk Dining on North Figueroa (Eastsider) #RoadBond Faces Long Road to Ballot (Daily News) Legislation That Would Open Federal Funding Spigot to … Continued

Editorial: Dear Department of Labor, Give Us Our Transit Money  (LAT) Editorial: Judge Should Halt High Speed Rail (Daily News) #RoadBond Is Back! Even Though It Might Not Be a Road Bond. Gas Tax? (Daily News, LAT) Millenials Ditching Cars and Car Culture, Even in LA (KPCC) I Think the Beverly Hills Courier Is Just … Continued

Santa Monica Daily Press Announces Santa Monica Next  Driver in Venice Boardwalk Massacre: It Was an Accident (NBC4 KTLA, SMDP) #RoadBond Proposal Moving in City Council, Again (Daily News) Bev. Hills Finds New Ways to Obstruct Subway Through Work Permits (Courier via Curbed) Shoup: Demand Based Parking Sees Slight Decline in SF Parking Costs (Streetsblog … Continued

LADOT: York Road Diet in NELA Made Street Safer, Here’s the Proof (LADOT Bike Blog) How Can Gil Cedillo Improve Transportation and Open Space in NELA? (Brayj Against the Machine) Goodmon: Metro Community Councils Don’t Really Represent (Front Page) Bonin Left Council Swearing-In to Be at Site of Boardwalk Crash (KPCC) Temporary Barriers Coming Now … Continued