On Christmas Eve the LA Times confirmed that transportation officials plan to put a measure on the ballot in 2014 or 2016 either 1) raising the county sales tax by a half cent or 2) extending Measure R, the half-cent sales tax voters approved in 2008, beyond its 2039 expiration date. A new tax would raise the overall sales tax in LA County to 9.5%, and raise more than $100 billion. Extending the Measure R tax would allow Metro to pay down debt, thereby freeing up funding for other projects.

Move LA Executive Director Denny Zane told the Times that he hopes a portion of the new money would go toward a clean goods movement program that could help incentivize the use of new technologies like electric trucks. He said he'd also like to see investments in Metrolink and bike lanes.

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