BOARD BACKS TRAFFIC BILL.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Despite concerns that Assemblyman Tom McClintock's bill could siphon siphon (sī`fən, –fŏn), tube through which a liquid is lifted over an elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere and is then emptied at a lower level. funding from other transportation projects, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
A government, business or institution's inability to function at a normal level due either to complex or conflicting procedures within the administrative framework or to impending change in the business. at the 101-405 interchange. Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San said many stretches of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. freeway system, including the 101-405 interchange, are gridlocked grid·lock n. 1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets. 2. while the state highway account has a $2 billion surplus. ``The purpose of this legislation is to permit the governor to bypass Caltrans by cutting the red tape and expediting freeway construction when any stretch of freeway has reached 3,000 hours of delay per day,'' Antonovich said. After the Northridge Earthquake, it took only 66 days to repair Interstate 10 in Los Angeles. ``That should be the model for all construction work on the freeway when the alternative is to resign ourselves to years of delayed construction, gridlock and additional air pollution,'' Antonovich said. The motion, made by Antonovich and Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, supports AB 1776 by McClintock, R-Northridge, and will result in letters being sent to lawmakers in Sacramento. ``We have a very big lobbying operation in Sacramento,'' said John Wallace, a spokesman for Knabe. ``We have been very successful there.'' Some supervisors expressed concern the bill would give the governor too much discretion. ``I'm concerned that this bill in its final form might give the governor discretion to take funding from other transportation projects that are vital for Los Angeles County,'' Supervisor Don Knabe said. The supervisors passed an amendment by Knabe to the motion that puts the board on record as not supporting giving the governor discretion to take funding from other transportation projects. |
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