Mike Antonovich
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It Might be Hot, but Antonovich Wants It HOTter on the Westside
Just when you thought the I-405 Widening Project through the Sepulveda Pass couldn't get less popular.
July 1, 2013
The High Desert Corridor Is Back, and This Time It Includes Bikeways?
Returning from paternity leave, I made a joke promise that if Supervisor Mike Antonovich's office would get behind a transit line for the High Desert Corridor, a proposed new freeway connecting Highway 14 in Los Angeles County to Highway 18 in San Bernardino County, Streetsblog would give a week of exclusive coverage to the area he represents and praise him effusively.
November 21, 2012
Shakeup at Metrolink Board: Najarian Out. Ridley-Thomas In?
One of the powers of the Chair of the Metro Board of Directors, is the right to appoint three members to the Board of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, commonly known as Metrolink. Supervisor Mike Antonovich, who took over as Metro Board Chair on July 1, wasted no time in exercising that power, replacing Glendale City Councilman Ara Najarian with Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.
July 19, 2012
What High Speed Rail Funding Bill Means for Southern California in the Next Decade
(High Speed Rail is a hot topic on the Streetsblogs. For more check out CA Senate Approves Funds for High-Speed Rail, Commuter Rail Upgrades at Streetsblog San Francisco, A Victory for CA High Speed Rail but Still a Long Fight Ahead by "Streetsblog.net" director Angie Schmitt)
July 10, 2012
Mike Antonovich’s Tortured Point and How the Mayor Should Have Reacted
Yesterday, at a meeting of the Metro Board of Directors Construction Committee, L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich became the first public official to throw cold water on Mayor Villaraigosa's transit dreams by denouncing plans to place an extension of the Measure R half cent transportation sales tax indefinitely.
April 20, 2012