{"id":182,"date":"2008-11-05T16:44:51","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T20:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=182"},"modified":"2009-07-02T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T19:03:59","slug":"infrastructure-on-the-ballot-in-la-county-a-tax-increase-to-fund-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/blogs\/infrastructure-on-the-ballot-in-la-county-a-tax-increase-to-fund-transit\/182\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure on the Ballot: In L.A. County, a Tax Increase to Fund Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County voters approved (67 percent \u2013 Yes; 33 percent \u2013 No) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-transit6-2008nov06,0,7506753.story\">a half-cent sales-tax increase<\/a>, expected to raise as much as $40 billion, for area infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>Measure R, which barely passed the two-thirds threshold needed for approval, could fund the city&#8217;s \u201cSubway to the Sea.\u201d However, the money to begin the subterranean route \u2013 probably along the Wilshire corridor \u2013 will not be available until sometime between 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County voters approved (67 percent \u2013 Yes; 33 percent \u2013 No) a half-cent sales-tax increase, expected to raise as much as $40 billion, for area infrastructure projects. 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