Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Ara Najarian

Najarian Effort to Retain Metro Board Seat about to Commence

By Dana Gabbard | Jan 14, 2013 | 19 Comments

(Update: It turns out that unless the Najarian nomination is rejected by a majority in a weighted vote by the City Selection Committee, that no action is required by North County Cities earlier today. While the Committee didn’t confirm his nomination, it didn’t reject it either. This wasn’t announced until today at the meeting, with […]

Najarian Metro Board Seat in Danger Over Opposition to 710 Big Dig

By Damien Newton | Dec 10, 2012 | 20 Comments

(The original version of the story stated that the League of Cities selects the Metro Board Members. Dana Gabbard points out it is actually The City Selection Committee. The CSC is not a subsidiary of the League of California Cities, Los Angeles Division. Its authority is Sections 50270 through 50281 of the Government Code, and it is administered […]

Shakeup at Metrolink Board: Najarian Out. Ridley-Thomas In?

By Damien Newton | Jul 19, 2012 | 8 Comments

One of the powers of the Chair of the Metro Board of Directors, is the right to appoint three members to the Board of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, commonly known as Metrolink. Supervisor Mike Antonovich, who took over as Metro Board Chair on July 1, wasted no time in exercising that power, replacing […]

Name the SR-710 Extension Moves to the Final Page, But How Much Will It Cost?

By Damien Newton | Feb 25, 2011 | 20 Comments

[poll id=”44″] Last week’s poll asking you to vote on what name L.A. Streetsblog will use to describe the 710 Extension Project was easily Streetsblog’s most popular poll to date, with 252 total votes. Two project names got sixty votes each to move on to this final poll. One week from today, either Art Dean’s […]

Najarian on 710: Before We Pay for EIR, Let’s Know the Cost

By Damien Newton | Dec 8, 2010 | 4 Comments

Now that the full agenda for this week’s meeting of the Metro Board Meeting is finally online, we can focus on issues beyond the Wilshire Bus Only Lanes. Another highlight of the meeting is an attempt by Glendale Mayor and Metro Board Member Ara Najarian to slow down the momentum that the I-710 Tunnel Project […]

Former Metro Board Chair: How Much Will 710 Tunnel Cost?

By Damien Newton | Oct 26, 2010 | 14 Comments

Maybe Ara Najarian has been reading the news about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie canceling the ARC Rail Tunnel Project because of concerns about cost over runs. Najarian, the Glendale Mayor and Member of the Metro Board, tells the Glendale News-Press that he will ask the Metro Board of Directors to order a cost analysis […]

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