Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Measure J

Measure J’s “Rejection” Was NOT an Anti-Transit Vote

By Damien Newton | Nov 7, 2012 | 60 Comments

Maybe a two-thirds local threshold is just too high a bar to cross, maybe the No on J Campaign did its job too well, maybe voter turnout for the top of the ticket was too low. Whatever the reason, Measure J received “only” 64.7% of the vote last night, a full 1.95% short of the […]

Beyond the Spin, Breaking Down Measure J

By Damien Newton | Nov 5, 2012 | 18 Comments

On Monday, October 15, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was feeling good. The Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which includes the Daily News, Daily Breeze, Long Beach Press-Telegram, SGV Tribune and Pasadena Star-News, had endorsed Measure J. In front of the hundreds of transit advocates and professionals at Railvolution, a sales tax extension […]

No 710 Coalition: No on Measure J

By Janet Dodson | Nov 2, 2012 | 25 Comments

(This is the third of four op/eds on Measure J that Streetsblog will publish this week. Monday, Gloria Ohland of Move L.A. made the case for Measure J and Wednesday Streetsblog Board Member Joel Epstein did the same. In between, the BRU made their case for a no vote. – DN) Only in the car capital of the world could […]

Measure J and the future of [transit in] L.A.

By Joel Epstein | Oct 31, 2012 | 10 Comments

(This is the third of four op/eds on Measure J that Streetsblog will publish this week. Monday, Gloria Ohland of Move L.A. made the case for Measure J, yesterday the BRU made their case for a no vote. – DN) I am writing this quickly as I pack for a return trip to the land of aggressive […]

Bus Riders Union: Transit Justice, Not Corporate Welfare – No on Measure J

By Eric Romann and Sunyoung Yang | Oct 30, 2012 | 40 Comments

(This is the second of four op/eds on Measure J that Streetsblog will publish this week. Yesterday, Gloria Ohland of Move L.A. made the case for Measure J. – DN) Framing the public debate on Measure J as between a progressive vision for regional mass transit expansion versus parochialism and anti-tax conservatism conveniently obscures several […]

Move L.A.: Why You Should Vote Yes on Measure J For Jobs

By Gloria Ohland | Oct 29, 2012 | 12 Comments

…And what the New York Post and LACBC founder Ron Milam have to say about Los Angeles and public transit Los Angeles County is darn big and densely populated, a complex conglomeration of neighborhoods, multi-centered, and with complicated commute patterns. It’s hard to believe policy and funding still prioritizes cars when it seems so obvious […]

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