LA City Council sends back financial report on cost of safe streets measure
The City Council Friday asked its staff to perform further financial analysis of how the passage of Measure HLA would impact the municipal budget.
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The City Council Friday asked its staff to perform further financial analysis of how the passage of Measure HLA would impact the municipal budget.
Backers of Measure HLA, which would add new bike and bus lanes across the city, denounced the report, calling it 'last-minute electioneering.'
Backers of Measure HLA, which would add new bike and bus lanes across the city, denounced the report, calling it 'last-minute electioneering.'
Ballooning HLA cost estimates are hard to take seriously - for example, the CAO forecasts that unprotected bike lanes will cost $1.76 million dollars per mile
While some at City Hall are staking out positions on the bike and bus lane measure, others — including Mayor Karen Bass — have kept silent.