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$50 Billion in Infrastructure Funds on November Ballot |
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 Bonds, Sales Tax Would Provide Construction Money for MTA, LAUSD, LACCD
Los Angeles County voters are being asked to approve nearly $50 billion in funding for transportation and school infrastructure projects this November.
The largest measure on the ballot, Measure R, is a half-cent sales tax increase that could provide as much as $40 billion for county transit projects over the next 30 years. About 65 percent of that revenue would be used to expand the county's bus and rail systems, while 35 percent would be earmarked for highways, streets and potentially, for bikeways and sidewalks. The county's rail system comprises Metrolink, the Red and Purple lines subway system and the Blue, Green and Gold light rail lines. The MTA also operates one of the largest public-transit bus systems in the nation.
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LAUSD Central Los Angeles Learning Center #1
Every American is being affected by the economic crisis that has been caused by deregulation, failed oversight, overextended credit, foreign countries' currency manipulation, unfair trade policy, avarice and greed. The sad part is that there are Americans who want to blame union workers for some of the troubles. This is in the face of facts that unions and union workers don't bear out any responsibility for the crisis. The truth is that working families are the backbone of our economy and union workers support a larger share of the economy. Union members and their unions have pushed for economic changes and trade rules that would have helped stave off the crisis that we are facing today!
