Denny Zane was quoted in the LA Times on Sunday, noting that eight bills to reduce the voter threshold have been introduced into the state Legislature, and that five of the eight would reduce the threshold for transportation projects. The story was about an LA Times analysis showing that a minority of voters "living in a daisy chain of small, suburban and relatively upscale enclaves around the county's outer rim were largely responsible for last fall's razor thin defeat" of an extension of the Measure R transit tax. The story points out that regions such as the South Bay, with higher concentrations of staunchly anti-tax voters, played a decisive role in defeating the proposal, while urban core communities voted for the tax extension.

The story notes several senior politicians in LA — including LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and both mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel — Villaraigosa has said that he'll continue his campaign to accelerate LA's transt projects.

Read more in the LA Times.