MTA looking for sales tax
Faced with an overwhelmed and incomplete transportation system, the Metro agency has quietly polled Los Angeles voters on whether they would support a sales tax hike to help fund everything from building a subway to the sea to repairing pothole-ravaged roads.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority commissioned a $65,000 poll of Los Angeles County residents late last year to gauge support for a half-percent sales tax increase, although agency officials declined Wednesday to release details of the results. Daily News.
One person familiar with the survey, however, said the results showed that the measure would likely garner the two-thirds voter support needed to pass.
Angelenos already pay the second-highest sales tax rate in the state at 8.25percent, 1percent of which goes for transit projects.