Equity amendments to sales tax measure fail
Two amendments from San Gabriel Valley MTA representatives that would have added language to require funding criteria be based on population of sub-regions failed, 8-4 and 7-5.
Basically, without these amendments there will be no mandate to distribute money based on population, and no requirement that the agency revisit its funding priorities in 6 years.
The final vote has not come in yet, but based on the voting patterns, it looks as if the sales tax measure will be authorized by a narrow 7-5 vote.
(If you just stepped in, I am blogging from today's MTA meeting on the half cent sales tax measure)
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