ANTONOVICH TESTIFIES ON NEED FOR NORTH COUNTY MTA BOARD REPRESENTATIVE

 

 

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich

Office:  (213) 974-5555   Cell: (213) 215-5176

 E-mail:  tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

  

   April 22, 2009                                                                           For Immediate Release

 

ANTONOVICH TESTIFIES BEFORE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NEED FOR NORTH COUNTY MTA BOARD REPRESENTATIVE

 

SACRAMENTO – Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich testified before the State Assembly Local Government Committee today in support of a proposal to add an additional member to the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Board of Directors to represent the fast-growing Antelope and Santa Clarita Valleys and develop vital public transit and highway policies.  

 

Antonovich said that Assembly Bill 251, authored by Assemblyman Steve Knight (R- Palmdale), would ensure that the County’s Northern areas had effective representation on a Board currently dominated by the City of Los Angeles and four representatives who vote in lockstep with Mayor Villaraigosa. 

 

“Our County’s regional transportation system is being gambled away in a poker game where one special interest group is always holding four aces,” Antonovich said.  “Assembly Bill 251 will ensure that the Antelope and Santa Clarita Valleys will have a greater voice in how the MTA initiates projects and allocates funding.”

 

Click here to view Supervisor Antonovich’s oral testimony before the Assembly Local Government Committee

 

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