Recent Streetsblog LA posts about President Obama

Jon Stewart’s Stinging Rebuke of Presidential Promises to Get off Oil

By Matthew Roth | Jun 17, 2010 | No Comments

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c An Energy-Independent Future www.thedailyshow.com Jon Stewart fired one of his more brilliant salvos last night, synthesizing 40 years of political posturing around energy independence and America’s addiction to foreign oil in just under eight minutes of pointed satire. Using President Obama’s Oval Office […]

Could L.A.’s Transit Plan Become a Winning Campaign Issue for Boxer?

By Elana Schor | Apr 20, 2010 | No Comments

President Obama did triple duty last night for the re-election campaign of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), visiting three fundraisers to send a stark message about polls that show the environment committee chairman holding a single-digit lead against her GOP challengers despite a formidable cash advantage. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), at left, with the president last […]

Report: Obama’s 2011 Budget Leaves Cities in a Fiscal Hole of $16B-Plus

By Elana Schor | Feb 25, 2010 | No Comments

(Chart: National League of Cities) The White House’s proposed budget for 2011 would direct $2.8 billion to its biggest-ticket urban aid programs, even as American city governments face estimated budget shortfalls of at least $19 billion next year, according to a report released today by the nonpartisan Drum Major Institute (DMI). The report compares urban […]

Two Troubling Transportation Numbers for the Obama Administration

By Elana Schor | Feb 5, 2010 | No Comments

Yesterday brought news of two grim transportation numbers from the Obama administration: 2 and $53 million. Atlanta’s Metro won a share of the emissions-cutting transit grants that the White House proposes to cut next year. (Photo: Atlanta Metblogs) The first figure is the percentage of federal transport stimulus contracts that have gone to disadvantaged and […]

LaHood Talks Budget: “Very Bright” Future for Infrastructure Fund

By Elana Schor | Feb 1, 2010 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today that he sees "very bright" prospects for congressional approval of the Obama administration’s $4 billion National Infrastructure Innovation and Finance Fund, the new iteration of the long-discussed National Infrastructure Bank proposal. Transportation Secretary LaHood, at left, with the president. (Photo: NYT) "There is a great deal of interest in […]

Obama Previews His New Budget’s Urban Policy Moves

By Elana Schor | Jan 22, 2010 | No Comments

When it comes to re-centering the Washington bureaucracy to better accommodate cities’ needs, the first year of the Obama administration has brought its share of progress (a three-agency partnership set to spend $150 million on sustainable development) and hiccups (a White House urban affairs office with lots of talk but little action). (Photo: whitehouse via […]

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