GREUEL LEADS GROUP DRIVING FOR TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer A coalition of city, business and labor leaders urged state lawmakers on Wednesday to uphold plans to fully fund the transportation projects included in the 2005-06 state budget. Led by City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, the group at City Hall welcomed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's pledge to allocate $1.3 billion in gas-tax revenue earmarked by Proposition 42 for highways, streets and mass transit. ``Few issues affect residents in the city of Los Angeles
congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. ,'' Greuel said. ``We are urging Sacramento and believe they are on the right track. ``People deserve to spend more time with their families, volunteering at their schools and running their business, not sitting in traffic. We want those tax dollars spent in the city of Los Angeles.'' Voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 42 in 2002, earmarking  It has been suggested that some sections of this article be split into a new article entitled Earmark (USA). sales-tax revenue from gasoline to transportation accounts.
But a loophole allows the Legislature to transfer that money to the general fund in an emergency, as has been done for the past two years. A total of $5 billion has been diverted from transportation to the general fund since 2001. Maintaining Proposition 42 funds this year would bring $300 million to Los Angeles County - including $16 million for the city. The money would be spent to widen the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. near the Orange County line and could also help pay for northbound car-pool lanes on the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. and hundreds of smaller projects, said Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief Roger Snoble. The MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. has been borrowing funds to keep many of its projects on track. Wednesday's group included leaders from the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, labor unions and the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . ``We want to make sure in the future that there's a firewall that says that Californians who pay those tax dollars in get those tax dollars out in the form of transportation infrastructure, which is so badly needed,'' said David Fleming, representing the Valley Industry and Commerce Association. ``We've got to spend money where it's so desperately needed, on transportation.'' Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com |
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