Los Angeles city leadership reviews 2016, sets agenda for new year

Tuesday, January 3, 2017
GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- The Los Angeles City Council leadership appeared for a round table discussion on Eyewitness Newsmakers.

The leadership includes Council President Herb Wesson, President Pro Tem Mitch Englander and Assistant President Pro Tem Nury Martinez.
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Council members detailed how voter-approved measures will work to improve transportation and homeless housing.

They will be campaigning in support of a countywide sales tax increase on the March ballot to provide supportive services for the city's billion-dollar housing plan.

Meanwhile, the leadership was openly opposed to the ballot referendum, Measure S, blocking some large scale real estate developments.
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They say it will cost jobs and revenue and contribute to the housing shortage. Supporters say mega-developments are increasing traffic and changing the character of neighborhoods.




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