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May 16, 2024 Fireworks erupted during the city of Downey's regular meeting Tuesday night, with the council voting 3-2 to ban the LGBQ+ Pride flag, hiding it behind a "neutral flag policy" that will ban such displays; the item was brought forward for a vote by Mayor Pro Tem Hector Sosa. It was a mean-spirited vote given the fact that…
Construction of the 9.1-mile, $1.6 billion Foothill Gold Line Extension light rail project in the eastern San Gabriel Valley is more than 80% complete, with all the bridge, grade-crossing and track-laying work wrapped up, according to a year-end report from the rail line construction authority.
The hate-filled calls received during the City Council meeting Tuesday follow a pattern of harassment at public meetings throughout California, Claremont officials said.
It’s fitting in a way that it took nearly eight hours to get the job done, but early Wednesday morning the Claremont City Council finally approved an update to the city’s housing element, ending a 20-month saga to bring the city back into compliance with state law.
Stations, electrical, and other work still underway, but the $2.1 billion 9.1-mile San Gabriel Valley rail line is more than 70 percent finished, and expected to be completed in January 2025