July 16, 2007 — July 22, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
- No state budget, but senators to try again this week - GOP members maintain their opposition but agree to offer a plan of their own at midweek, when the upper house convenes again
L.A. Times - State is still without '08 budget plan - all-nighter for senators yielded no agreement
Daily News
Saturday, July 21, 2007
- Downtown LA streetcar system, part 1
Angelenic - Funds shift could slow area transit projects
Whittier Daily News - Senate stalls state budget - Dems clash on tax credits
Daily News - State budget still blocked; governor pushes - Republicans keep the bill from passage, despite intervention from Schwarzenegger, who sided with Democrats.
Los Angeles Times
Friday, July 20, 2007
- Assembly OKs slimmer state budget - GOP senators want more cuts
San Diego Union Tribune - Assembly passes state budget after striking deal on tax credits
San Francisco Chronicle - Budget clears Assembly; Senate vote next
Sacramento Bee - Budget cuts aim at transit - $336 million in L.A. projects is at stake
Daily News - Budget may ride on cuts in transit - Lawmakers close in on a spending plan that would divert $1 billion from projects, including several in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times - Congress moving forward with bills lifting ban on funds for 'subway to the sea'
The Argonaut - Culver City Light Rail Countdown at Less Than 1100 Days, Expo Reports
Culver City Front Page Online - Governor seeks to dip into transit funding - Projects threatened, area lawmakers say
Whittier Daily News - Keep Transit on Track
CalPIRG - Neighborhood Project: Koreatown
LAist
Thursday, July 19, 2007
- Hasta la Vista, Not Viva Las Vegas, for Monorail
Bloomberg - Lawmakers optimistic about budget deal as Republicans seek cuts
San Francisco Chronicle - Metro Shorts Valley Employees, Diverts Funds to Other Areas
San Fernando Valley Business Journal - Republicans call for making cuts to all programs - Democrats oppose 'meat-ax approach' to state budget
San Diego Union Tribune - State budget deal in reach - OBSTACLE: WHETHER TO CUT $2 BILLION
Mercury News - (Bus Rider) Union 's position all out of gas
Daily News
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
- Subway to the Sea – Pat Morrison KPCC, Wednesday July 18 broadcast
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KPCC 89.3 FM - Decent regional economy is seen - Despite the sluggish housing market, a report predicts slow but steady growth in sectors such as tourism and trade / LAEDC Report
Los Angeles Times - L.A. region's economy continues modest growth / LAEDC Report
Daily News
- Orange Line Extension Meetings Planned
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
- Get this idea on track - Re "County offers 'inland port' plan," July 12
Los Angeles Times - Is the subway the right way? Re " 'Subway to the Sea' plan still adrift," July 14
Los Angeles Times - Waiting for MTA Re the editorial, "On track for urban development:" (scroll down page
Pasadena Star News - Wilshire Subway Watch: Beverly Hills Meeting Mañana
LAist
Monday, July 16, 2007
- 2nd Wilshire subway corridor meeting to be July 17 in Beverly Hills
Southern California Transit Advocates - Action Alert: Governor's budget threatens Expo Line funding
Friends for Expo - Frank Gruber: What I Say - One-Way Ticket; Yeah? (Pico/Olympic)
Santa Monica Surf/Lookout News - Public transit needs a future - The governor would shift funds to other uses. Here's one way to pump some back
Los Angeles Times - Q&A with Local Government (scroll down to “How did this column's idea of charging a toll on people driving into Los Angeles International Airport go over with readers?” and “Any other ways to pay to expand the mass transit system?”
Los Angeles Times - Time for gov., legislators to get in step on budget
Los Angeles Times