SUPERVISOR MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 5th District 869 Hahn Hall of Administration ~ 500 West Temple Street ~ Room 869 Los Angeles, CA 90012 www.antonovich.com
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August 8, 2008 For Immediate Release
ANTONOVICH AND MOLINA INTRODUCE MOTION TO OPPOSE MTA'S ½ CENT SALES TAX MEASURE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Gloria Molina introduced a motion for Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors to oppose the MTA’s proposed sales tax increase for its failure to distribute transit dollars equitably.
“The measure fails to include funding for areas that will grow the most over the next 30 years, " said Antonovich. “The Antelope and Santa Clarita Valleys will more than double in population over the life of this sales tax measure, yet receive only 5% of the total project funding. The San Gabriel Valley and Gateway Cities both have approximately 19% of the County’s population, and also generate approximately 19% of the County’s sales taxes -- yet both areas were given much less than 19% of the total project funding available. The San Fernando Valley represents over 15% of the County’s population but will only receive 5% of the total project funding available -- depriving Valley residents 2/3 of its fair share of funding.”
“Los Angeles County residents in the San Fernando, San Gabriel, Cresenta, Santa Clarita, and Antelope valleys, the Gateway cities and East Los Angeles will reject this poorly constructed, unfair proposal,” he added. “Rather than collaborating with the 88 cities and 134 unincorporated communities to build support, Mayor Villaraigosa’s tax is being shoved down the taxpayers’ throats because unlike Robin Hood, it takes from the poor and gives to the rich.”
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