Zev Yaroslavsky served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceeded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. The Los Angeles City Council meets three times a week in city hall. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County. ... Jump to: navigation, search Edmund D. Edelman served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1965 until 1974, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. ...
Yaroslavsky is right that the new buses -- hopefully powered by clean fuel and not the dirty diesel that's standard in Brazil's buses -- are a cheaper and faster way to move more people.
Zev has put a lot of work into this, consulted with the best planners around, and I think he is on the side of commuters and not contractors.
Zev is the man on the spot on this, so e-mail him at zev@bos.co.la.ca.us and ask lots of questions; it's your money and your gridlock.