Hillary Clinton on LA Public Transportation

February 6, 2008

In yesterday's LAist interview with Hillary Clinton, we had to ask about public transportation. Clinton said she would increase federal funding for public transit by $1.5 billion per year, link funding to local land use policies that encourage mixed-use and transit-oriented development (discouraging sprawl) and invest $1 billion into intercity passenger rail (think high speed rail from Los Angeles to San Francisco, or more locally, the MagLev concept from Orange County to Las Vegas.

Speaking of federal funding, the LA Times reported yesterday that the Federal Transit Administration is awarding $23.3 million towards the funding of bus lanes for a portion of Wilshire Blvd. on the Westside. Not including Beverly Hills, the lanes will go from the "Santa Monica-Los Angeles boundary to Valencia Street, which is just west of downtown Los Angeles." The project is expected to save 12-minutes from Santa Monica to downtown and be completed in early 2011.

By Zach Behrens

Clinton's and McCain's recent comments on Hugo Chavez

Senator Clinton's comments.
Senator McCain's comments.

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Americans Who Are Denied the DREAM

With an astounding number of undocumented immigrants belonging to the largest minority group in the United States, close attention needs to be focused on issues that are important to immigrants. Simply because their vote will count! Throughout the course of the debate, voters and non-voters who are concerned with providing opportunities for immigrants to attain citizenship, will be observing the sentiments of the 2008 presidential candidates on the failed DREAM legislation. This legislation would have allowed children who have grown up in the United States, but are not native to the country, to attain citizenship through either military services or higher educational opportunities. The positions of four of the current candidates are as follows:


Sen. Hillary Clinton- supporter of DREAM Act


Sen. Barack Obama- supporter of DREAM Act


Mike Huckabee- opposes DREAM Act


Sen. John McCain- supporter of DREAM Act