Vote Yes on Measure M to Move and Improve L.A. County Traffic Now

MONROVIA -- Members of the Yes on M coalition were joined by a largegathering of working men and women at the Gold Line rail yard in Monrovia to urge passage of Measure M, the Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan, to create 465,000 jobs and reduce the time L.A. County residents are stuck in traffic by 15 percent.

Duarte Councilmember and Metro Chair John Fasana, L.A. Mayor and Metro Vice Chair Eric Garcetti, local elected officials and residents including Councilmembers from South Pasadena, and leaders and rank and file members of the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, Los Angeles County Business Federation, American Heart Association, Operating Engineers, Los Angeles/Orange County Building & Construction Trades, the Carpenters/Contractors Cooperation Committee, and Investing In Place all came together to say "Vote yes on M to move and improve L.A. County Traffic today.

Vote Yes on Measure M to Move and Improve L.A. County Traffic Now

Downey, Calif., September 27 -- L.A. Mayor and Metro Vice Chair Eric Garcetti, Metro Board Chair and Duarte Councilmember John Fasana, Ironworkers 416 Business Manager Hart Keeble and FAST Executive Director Hilary Norton (Fixing Angelenos Stuck In Traffic) today urged L.A. County voters to vote yes on Measure M, the Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan, highlighting its immediate freeway fixes and the 465,000 jobs it will create. They were also joined by Operating Engineers, Carpenters and other Measure M supporters.

Measure M, they said, will unclog the 605 immediately with $1 billion in bottleneck fixes. Today's event was held in Downey, near the 605 & 5 interchange, which is choked by 300,000 cars and trucks a day.