Boxer to Hold Transportation Briefing in Los Angeles

Boxer to Hold Transportation Briefing in Los Angeles

The following news release was published by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Work on Sept. 2, 2008. It is reproduced in full below.

BACKGROUND: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, will convene a field briefing in Los Angeles to discuss the upcoming federal transportation bill. Senator Boxer will hear testimony from community leaders and state government officials on local and state transportation priorities. A field briefing is also scheduled for September 3 in Sacramento, and additional California briefings will be held in the future.

WHEN: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

10:00 AM PDT

LOCATION: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

One Gateway Plaza

Los Angeles, CA 90012 (Corner of Cesar E. Chavez Av. and Vignes St)

Board of Directors' Hearing Room

WITNESSES: (Order subject to change)

Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles

Karen Bass, Speaker of California's Assembly

Panel 1:

• Hasan Ikhrata, Executive Director, Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)

• Dr. Barry R. Wallerstein, Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)

• Roger Snoble, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO), in whose hearing room the briefing will take place.

Panel 2:

• Jeff Stone, Chair, Riverside County Transportation Commission

• Jim Kemp, Executive Director, Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG)

• Art Leahy, Chief Executive Officer, Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)

• Deborah Barmack, Executive Director, San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG)

• Darren Kettle, Executive Director, Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC)

• Fran Inman, Senior Vice President of Majestic Realty (Representing the Los Angles Chamber of Commerce and Mobility 21, a transportation coalition comprising representatives from Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties.)

Source: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Work

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