Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, October 29, 2016

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2016

SECTION B

AROUND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

REPORT SAYS GOLD LINE IS CATALYST FOR 
BILLIONS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT

MOUNTAIN VIEWS NEWS VOTERS 
GUIDE 
A very diverse group of readers influence the 
recommendations below, however, as I say in every election, I 
don’t care who you vote for, please, JUST VOTE! 
S. Henderson, Editor 
PRESIDENT: HILLARY CLINTON 
U.S. SENATE: KAMALA HARRIS 
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: 
27th Congressional District – JUDY CHU Representing (Partiallisting) Altadena, Arcadia, East Pasadena, Monrovia (Part), Pasadena 
(Part), Rosemead,San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena 
28th Congressional District - ADAM SCHIFF: Burbank (Part),
Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta-Montrose, Los Angeles (Part), 
Pasadena (Part), West Hollywood. 
32nd Congressional District: GRACE NAPOLITANO 
Duarte, Monrovia (Part), South Monrovia Island,
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE 
District 42 ED HERNANDEZ 
District 29 JOSH NEWMAN 
District 25 MICHAEL ANTONOVICH 
ANTHONY PORTANTINO 
CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY 
49 ED CHAU Arcadia/Monrovia (Part)
48 ROGER HERNANDEZ Duarte/Monrovia (Part)
41 CHRIS HOLDEN (Partial Listing) Altadena, East 
Pasadena, Monrovia (99%), Pasadena, So. Pasadena and Sierra MadreLOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – DISTRICT 5 
KATHRYN BARGERBALLOT MEASURES: 
STATEWIDE (17) 
YES ON 51SCHOOL BONDS. FUNDING FOR K-12 SCHOOL AND 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACILITIES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
YES ON 52 MEDI-CAL HOSPITAL FEE PROGRAM. INITIATIVE 
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. 
NO ON 53 REVENUE BONDS. STATEWIDE VOTER APPROVAL. 
INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 
NO ON 54LEGISLATURE. LEGISLATION AND PROCEEDINGS. 
INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND 
STATUTE. 
YES ON 55 TAX EXTENSION TO FUND EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE. 
INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 
YES ON 56 CIGARETTE TAX TO FUND HEALTHCARE, TOBACCO USE 
PREVENTION, RESEARCH, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND 
STATUTE. 
YES ON 57CRIMINAL SENTENCES. PAROLE. JUVENILE CRIMINAL 
PROCEEDINGS AND SENTENCING. INITIATIVE 
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. 
YES ON 58ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION. 
INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
YES ON 59CORPORATIONS. POLITICAL SPENDING. FEDERAL 
CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS. LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY 
QUESTION. 
YES ON 60 ADULT FILMS. CONDOMS. HEALTH REQUIREMENTS. 
INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
NO ON 61 61 STATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PURCHASES. PRICING 
STANDARDS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
YES ON 62 DEATH PENALTY. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
YES ON 63 FIREARMS. AMMUNITION SALES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
NO ON 64 MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
NO ON 65CARRYOUT BAGS. CHARGES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
NO ON 66 DEATH PENALTY. PROCEDURES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
YES ON 67 BAN ON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS. REFERENDUM. 
COUNTYWIDE MEASURES – (2) 
A REGIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT 
Safe, Clean Neighborhood Parks, Open Space, Beaches, Rivers 
Protection, and Water Conservation Measure. To replace expiring local 
funding for safe, clean neighborhood/ city/ county parks; increase safe 
playgrounds, reduce gang activity; keep neighborhood recreation/ 
senior centers, drinking water safe; protect beaches, rivers, water 
resources, remaining natural areas/ open space; shall 1.5 cents be 
levied annually per square foot of improved property in Los Angeles 
County, with bond authority, requiring citizen oversight, independent 
audits, and funds used locally? YES 
M METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 
Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan. To improve freeway 
traffic flow/safety; repair potholes/sidewalks; repave local streets; 
earthquake retrofit bridges; synchronize signals; keep 
senior/disabled/student fares affordable; expand rail/subway/bus 
systems; improve job/school/airport connections; and create jobs; 
shall voters authorize a Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan 
through a . ¢ sales tax and continue the existing . ¢ traffic relief tax 
until voters decide to end it, with independent audits/oversight and 
funds controlled locally? YES 
Monrovia, CA – Today, the Foothill Gold Line 
Construction Authority released two reports that 
detail the amount of transit oriented development 
(TOD) that has been built or is underway within a half-
mile radius of a current and future Gold Line station, 
including the economic impact the development is 
bringing to the region. The reports, commissioned 
by the Construction Authority and prepared by The 
Maxima Group and Beacon Economics, quantify the 
number of housing units, hotel rooms and square feet 
of commercial space built along the corridor since the 
Gold Line’s first segment opened for passenger service 
in 2003 and planning began for the extension from 
Pasadena to Montclair. The reports also highlight the 
private investment made from the developments and 
the resulting overall economic impact the TOD projects 
have had on the regional economy.

 In a report by real estate and business consulting 
firm, The Maxima Group, that studied the existing 
and potential economic impact of TOD projects along 
the Foothill Gold Line from Los Angeles to Montclair, 
entitled, “Foothill Gold Line Transit Oriented 
Development Update,” findings revealed that existing 
and underway TOD projects near the 18 Gold Line 
stations from Chinatown to Montclair have resulted 
in $6.7 billion in private investment along the corridor 
since 2003. More than 12,500 new housing units, 3.6 
million square feet of commercial space, and 1,400 
hotel rooms have been built within a half-mile radius 
of a Gold Line station. These investments have resulted 
in the creation of nearly 50,000 direct and indirect 
jobs during construction, 20,000 on-going jobs for Los 
Angeles County workers, and $50 million in annual tax 
revenues to the county.

 The Maxima Group report also measured the 
potential TOD that could take place along the Phase 2 
corridor from Arcadia to Montclair looking forward, 
and found that a full buildout of all the potential TOD 
projects would add 17,000 more housing units, 10 
million additional square feet of commercial space, and 
250 more hotel rooms to this transportation corridor 
in the future; generating $100 million more in annual 
tax revenues to Los Angeles County and creating tens of 
thousands of temporary jobs during construction and 
tens of thousands of more jobs from on-going operation 
of the developments.

 “Roughly speaking, you can think of all three 
segments of the Gold Line from Los Angeles to Montclair 
as costing $3 billion to complete,” stated Habib F. Balian, 
CEO of the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority. 
“And what these studies found is that nearly $7 billion 
of private investment has already come online along this 
corridor, with about $9 billion more private investment 
potential still available for future growth.”

 In a separate report conducted by economic research 
firm Beacon Economics that focused on the growth 
that has taken place near the six Pasadena stations, 
entitled, “Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Transit 
Oriented Development at Gold Line Foothill Extension 
Pasadena Stations,” findings revealed that projects built 
or underway within a half mile of the six Pasadena Gold 
Line stations alone amount to $3.3 billion in economic 
output, roughly 20,700 jobs, $1.1 billion in labor income, 
and $66.3 million in tax revenues. Meanwhile, the 
businesses operating at these TOD properties support 
nearly 11,200 jobs and generate $1.2 billion in economic 
output and $707 million in labor income.

 “It is important to note that the growth these studies 
reveal occurred during the worst economic downturn 
our county and our nation has seen since the Great 
Depression,” added Balian. “This is a corridor in the 
county that is ripe for growth, and the investment the 
county is making to build the transit infrastructure is 
paying off with development that allows us as a county 
to grow along a major transit line that connects people to 
jobs, universities, the Los Angeles County Fairplex and 
much more.”

 The two TOD reports, along with a video can be 
viewed online athttp://www.foothillgoldline.org/news/
media-resources/.


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