Election 2016
Streetsblog LA
Livability Proponents Split on Measure JJJ, the Build Better L.A. Initiative
This November, City of Los Angeles voters will decide Measure JJJ, termed the "Build Better L.A." initiative. Measure JJJ is designed to create new affordable housing, especially around transit, built by local workers paid living wages. Some critics assert that JJJ would likely result in unintended consequences, including potentially dampening overall construction of new housing.
October 18, 2016
#DamienTalksSGV 19 – Foothill Transit’s Doran Barnes
This week, #DamienTalks with Doran Barnes, the executive director of Foothill Transit and the Chair of the Board of Directors for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
October 14, 2016
Streetsblog L.A. Endorses Measure M
There is a lot to like about Measure M, the Los Angeles County sales tax that would fund a mix of transit and other transportation projects throughout the county. For all of the transit, mobility, walkability, bikeability benefits - not to mention health, environmental, and job benefits - across the region, Streetsblog Los Angeles endorses Measure M.
September 22, 2016
Court Rules For Metro’s Measure M, Against Lawsuit Filed By Seven Cities
Metro's Measure M will still need approval from two-thirds of L.A. County voters in November, but the transportation sales tax got a little good news today. A superior court judge rejected a lawsuit filed by the cities of Carson, Commerce, Norwalk, Torrance, Santa Fe Springs, Ranchos Palos Verdes, and Signal Hill. The lawsuit alleged that Measure M's ballot summary language is incomplete and therefore misleading. These cities also claimed that Measure M would shortchange the southern portion of L.A. County.
September 6, 2016
Who Is Lining Up to Fight Measure M
So far, most of Streetsblog L.A.'s coverage of Measure M, Metro's sales tax proposal that will be on the fall ballot, has been positive. With our eyes fixed on graphics showing the growth of our rail and rapid bus network, a robust active transportation funding program, and some flexibility in the language allocating highway funding; there's a lot to like in the proposal.
September 1, 2016
A Visual Representation of L.A.’s Rail Growth Under Measure M
We're working on a couple of larger stories for later in the week, but in the meantime we thought readers would appreciate this map by Adam Linder.
August 29, 2016
It’s Official: 2016 November Sales Tax Is “Measure M”
Metro asked for the "M" in its ballot measure request to the County Board of Supervisors. No more provisional monikers like R2, R2.1 or #metroplan. Metro announced today that the countywide transportation sales tax will be named "Measure M" on the November ballot.
August 19, 2016
New ‘Build Better LA’ Ballot Initiative Would Require Affordable Housing and Local Hiring
A coalition spearheaded by the L.A. County Federation of Labor, announced Thursday that it has filed language for a ballot initiative that supporters say will increase affordable housing and jobs in the city of Los Angeles.
February 19, 2016