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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE October 2024 State and Federal Legislative Report.
Issue
ISSUE
This report was prepared on October 8, 2024, and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on October 24, 2024. The status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
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.
Metro Board Chair Southeast Gateway Line Advocacy Trip to Washington, DC - Included Meetings at the White House, USDOT and the U.S. Capitol
Metro Board Chair and Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn led a delegation of officials from the Gateway Council of Governments on an ambitious trip to Washington, DC to advocate for the Southeast Gateway Line. Specifically, Chair Hahn's trip focused on ensuring that the Southeast Gateway Line - Metro's #1 priority for the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grant Program - is included in the FTA's Fiscal Year 2026 New Starts Report. The delegation led by Chair Hahn held high-level meetings with White House infrastructure officials, with senior aides for Secretary Pete Buttigieg at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and with federal elected officials including U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA), U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Congressmembers Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Robert Garcia (D-CA). Participants in the delegation led by Chair Hahn also had an opportunity to discuss the status of the Southeast Gateway Line wi...
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