LA County supes say no to transit tax
August 5, 2008 | 4:38
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Illustrating how politically difficult it is to tackle traffic in Los Angeles County, transportation officials were caught by surprise today when the Board of Supervisors failed to back a proposed sales tax increase intended to raise up to $40 billion for road and transportation projects.
The supervisors’ failure to muster a simple majority to place the proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot does not kill the measure, but makes it more complicated and more costly. If the Legislature gives its blessing — a bill to authorize the measure goes before a key committee Thursday — county election officials would create a separate “conditional” ballot that general election voters would also consider.
Read the rest in The Bottleneck Blog.
--Steve Hymon
