GAS TAX BILL & TRANS FUNDS BILL VOTES
March 5, 2010

LA PORT WINS ITS APPEAL OF TRUCK PLAN
By: Art Marroquin
02/24/2010

 

California State Assembly Bill PASSED
SBX8-6

Full Bill context

Appropriates $400 million to transit operators to help 
fund operations for the remainder of 2009-10 and for 2010-11.

This is a significant help for transit funding.
It has passed the State Assembly 2-22-2010.

Thursday March 4, 2010
this bill was PASSED today by the State Senate.

AB 9 X8 (Budget Committee) As Amended March 3, 2010
AB 6 X8 (Budget Committee) As Amended March 3, 2010
 It will now be sent to the Governor to be signed.

SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
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U.S. CRACKS DOWN ON 'CONTRACTORS' AS A TAX DODGE


Fritz Elienberg, who was a contract worker for
RCN, sued the company after he was injured.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRANSIT FORUM

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**Due to technical difficulties with the media center,
the morning and afternoon session will be posted soon.**


The Transit Funding Crisis:
Getting From Here to There: WATCH Session 1 

The Transit Funding Crisis: Getting From
Here to There: Lunch Keynote: WATCH Session 2

Perspectives on the Transit Funding Crisis, 
Impacts and Potential Solutions:
WATCH Session 3 Fast Forward to 5:31

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The Governor has proposed to eliminate all transit funding and do it in a way that will reverse the court decision in our favor and the proposed ballot initiative.  We have just learned that they plan to take up the proposal on Tuesday,February 16.

Please contact your State Senator and State Assembly member.  Ask to speak to the district director. If no one is available, then leave a message.

*Tell them the following:The current senate and assembly proposals 
for gas tax swap will severly harm public transit.

*There will be significant cuts in service, layoffs and fare increases if this is passed.
Vote 'No' on the gas tax swap.

We are already facing hundreds of layoffs and hundreds of thousands of hours in service cuts! Contact your state legislators TODAY. Thank you.

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