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Funds from Measure ER, a new half-cent sales tax for healthcare in LA County, are frozen by a lawsuit (opens the original)
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A lawsuit challenging the validity of voter-approved Measure ER, a half-cent sales tax for funding Los Angeles County hospitals and nonprofit healthcare service groups as a backfill against federal cutbacks, has halted the distribution of those funds indefinitely. Measure ER, approved by voters on June 2 by the slim margin of 50.64%, was supposed to take effect Thursday, Oct. 1. Instead, the measure and any funds raised will be kept in abeyance until the case filed in Los Angeles County Superior
Ready for a big earthquake? LA County shows how to make your plan, with a dose of ‘social capital’ (opens the original)
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The fact that the last big earthquake in Los Angeles occurred 32 years ago centered in Northridge, along with a new study saying tectonic stress on major faults in north LA County is highest in 1,000 years, prompted the Board of Supervisors develop plans for responding to a major earthquake that may come sooner, rather than later. During a presentation at the Board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 29, several departments shared how they were preparing for “the big one,” what they’ve done to prevent dam
In race to reach 50% zero-emission buses by Olympics, Metro will buy 220 e-buses, options for more (opens the original)
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LA Metro’s move to buy 220 battery-electric buses on Thursday is being called a positive step toward eventually having an all zero-emission fleet by 2035 or sooner. But many still question if the agency is losing the race to reach at least 50% of its fleet of about 2,000 buses become all-electric by the start of the LA Summer Olympic games in July 2028. “It will be hard for them to get to 50% (by the Olympics),” said Adrian Martinez, director of EarthJustice’s Right to Zero campaign on Friday. “
Metrolink must do safety audit after having trouble finding parts for its locomotives, orders LA Metro (opens the original)
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Metrolink, the regional passenger rail hurting from reduced ridership and budget shortfalls, is having difficulties finding parts to repair some of its locomotive fleet that my be compromising safety, said LA Metro Board Member Tim Sandoval on Thursday, Sept. 24 at the Metro board meeting. Sandoval, also a member of the six-county Metrolink passenger train agency, led a motion approved for LA Metro to perform a comprehensive audit of Metrolink’s problems obtaining parts for locomotives as well a
LA County declares its own local emergency as fierce El Niño storms loom (opens the original)
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The lurking El Niño forming in the equatorial Pacific Ocean prompted Los Angeles County on Wednesday, Sept. 23 to issue a local emergency in anticipation of the weather phenomenon pushing heavy rains into the region, bringing potential flooding, debris flows and coastal erosion this winter. First District L.A. County Supervisor and Board Chair Hilda Solis declared the emergency in an attempt to strengthen coordination between county departments preparing for the worst and state partners in advan
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