Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
MARCH 27, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: FEDERAL AND STATE REPORT
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. RECEIVING AND FILING the March 2025 Federal and State Legislative Report; and
B. ADOPTING Staff Recommended Position:
* AB 1237 (McKinnor). County of Los Angeles: sporting events: ticket charge: public transit. - SUPPORT-WORK WITH AUTHOR/SPONSOR (Attachment A).
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared by Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations, Deputy Executive Officer: Federal Affairs
Chair Hahn and members of the Executive Management Committee, I am pleased to provide an update on several key federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on March 4, 2025, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Regular Board Meeting on March 27, 2025. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored in the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
Trump Administration Executive Orders/USDOT Order
Metro's Government Relations team is actively engaged with our Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation on the Executive Orders and other actions being taken by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on policy matters that could negatively impact the free flow of federal transportation dollars to our agency. Given our longstanding and positive relationship with the USDOT, we are carefully monitoring any actions that may diminish the amount of both formula and discretionary funding that our agency receives on an annual basis.
Specifically, staff has been in constant contact with members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from Los Angeles County and our two U.S. Senators, among others, to let them know our concerns and to encourage them to continue working in Congress to ensure that funds authorized and appropriated by Congress for mobility projec...
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