state transit fund
State to Eliminate Transit Fund
Submitted by DW on 19 February, 2010 - 12:44pm
At the Transit Forum, OCTA Director Will Kempton kept saying there was this lawsuit they were fighting against the state to get our transit money back, and this would be the lifesaver to protect us from more brutal cuts in the fall. Remember?
I looked into it, and it turns out that, yes, there was a lawsuit fought by the California Transit Association (not OCTA), and they won it last fall. But it doesn't mean any more money will be coming transit's way. That's because the suit was over a fund paid for with voter-approved initiative money from the SALES TAX on gasoline & diesel. read more→
