JDW is the First Vice Chair but it is the City of LA chairship. Just like in 2024, the Mayor will become the chair.

Bass (or an appointee from the City of LA) will be the next chair because it is on a rotation (every 3rd year). Bass could appoint JDW, Padilla, or Yaroslavsky to serve as chair. However, last time, JDW was 1st Vice Chair but then Karen Bass became chair on the rotation.

We break down what might happen next: bsky.app/profile/move...

Political organizing is already happening to select a replacement.

Apologies! We posted the wrong vote table. This is the correct one

If you want to understand how Metro Board members are chosen, click the link. It is all fascinating and highly relevant because of an ad-hoc committee currently meeting on board governance. assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/0234f496-d2b...

2. The representative for one of the other sectors (Inglewood Mayor Jim Butts, Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval, or Glendale Councilmember Ara Najarian) could temporarily fill the chair role to keep the rotating order. Najarian isn’t running for reelection and has chaired twice so less politically dicey.

There are a few options:
1. Dutra stays until the “Southeast Long Beach Sector” schedules a special meeting to select its next candidate. This would likely go to Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson (see weighted vote). Bell Mayor Ali Saleh lost by one vote to Dutra last time and may also be nominated.

The next chair (the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles or her appointee) starts in July. Metro doesn’t mean in June because of the World Cup. So what happens in May?

This is supported by the code (PUC 130051.6)
(b) The membership of any member serving on the authority as a result of holding another public office shall terminate when the member ceases holding the other public office.

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Swearing in of new Whittier City Council members is 4/28 so he’s still on board through April’s Regular Metro Board Meeting. But, they’ll have to elect a new Metro Board Chair for the next month (no June meeting). The code governing Metro Board says “shall be a mayor or a member of a city council.”

BREAKING: @metrolosangeles.bsky.social Board Chair Fernando Dutra loses his city council seat in Whittier.

The City of West Hollywood supports the amended motion on the North K Line Extension. A unanimous vote is huge momentum to move this project forward! Let’s celebrate a victory for better transit without delay.

At the press conference at Metro with Supervisor Horvath, Mayor Butts, Mayor Heilman, Councilwoman Yaroslavsky all announcing a deal with the support of Mayor Karen Bass to advance the San Vicente-Fairfax alignment for the K Line Northern Extension without delay!

MAYOR KAREN BASS CITY OF LOS ANGELES Contact: lamayornews@lacity.org LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS’ EVENTS FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 26 10:00 AM (Downtown L.A.) Mayor Bass will attend the regularly scheduled Metro Board meeting. Media can RSVP to lamayornews@lacity.org. No other public events are scheduled. There is a lot of deliberate misinformation being put out there to cause confusion and division when it comes to Mayor Bass’ position on the K Line. Here are the facts: Mayor Bass is voting yes to advance the K Line full steam ahead.

There is a lot of deliberate misinformation being put out there to cause confusion and division when it comes to Mayor Bass' position on the K Line. Here are the facts: Mayor Bass is voting yes to advance the K Line full steam ahead. Mayor Bass also always sticks up for community voices, and will introduce a motion to ensure that.

She took out the motion part @nickandert.bsky.social 👀

I wrote the law that unlocked billions in financing for the K Line extension without raising taxes. Now, LA is one vote away from either building the transit we need, or stalling yet again.

Choose the best route forward now. Choose the San Vicente-Fairfax route.

Visit linktr.ee/KNE for a pre-filled email you can customize, and helpful instructions on how to join the meeting virtually, and more information on the project.

“Full steam ahead” means without delay on the K Line Northern Extension. Can’t wait to connect the South Bay to South LA to Mid City to West Hollywood to the Bowl and fulfill the promise of Measure M! The motion should advance the San Vicente-Fairfax alignment at the Metro meeting on Thursday.

YOU GUYS THEY BROKE THE PEOPLE MOVER BY BUILDING THEIR DAMN LAX-PRESSWAY???

West Hollywood rallies for Metro K Line Route
Bring Metrorail to WeHo!
@metrolosangeles.bsky.social
@movela.bsky.social
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#transit #WeHo #LosAngeles

Metro Listens: Online Survey for Neurodiverse Riders and their Caregivers
Metro, in partnership with The Wiley Center, is inviting neurodiverse riders, caregivers, and others interested in transit to help improve public transit for everyone. evitarus.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This is Metro’s unreleased proposal and we are all for it.

LA’s unsafe roads are the result of inaction. LA has the tools to prevent traffic deaths. Join us to demand they use them.

📍 LA City Hall Steps
🗓 January 24, 2026
⏰ January 24, 2026 | 10:00 AM

#VisionZero #SafeStreetsNow #DyingInLA2026
bit.ly/DyingInLA2026

The City of LA is developing its first Mobility Action Plan, which will guide how LA invests in street, sidewalks, transit, biking & walking for the next 5-20 years. Complete @LADOTofficial survey
English: mobilityactionplanla.org/survey
Spanish: ladot.typeform.com/to/bAyBI502

Move LA supports this heavy rail option. Appreciate all your work on this and helping to achieve this great outcome.

TODAY! Join Biking While Black & @metrolosangeles for a virtual listening session to hear about the proposed bus priority lanes on La Brea Av.
Register ➡️: bit.ly/4qUBCk2
💻Virtual: Wed, Jan 7 at 6PM

🗓 Biking While Black & Metro are hosting two listening sessions on proposed bus priority lanes on La Brea Av. Join to share your experience!

Virtual: Wed, Jan 7 | 6pm
Register: bit.ly/4qUBCk2

In-Person: Sat, Jan 10 | 10am
Gleicher/Chen Health Center Annex, Baldwin Hills
RSVP: bit.ly/4q1yce1

Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...

In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"

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The City’s Mobility Action Plan (MAP) is a community-driven effort to make streets in Los Angeles safer, more accessible, and enjoyable for everyone. Your ideas are essential to ensure our streets reflect the needs of the people who use them every day.
www.mobilityactionplanla.org/survey

BikeLA Invites Angelenos to the 4th Annual LA BikeFest
LA’s Pedal-Powered Happy Hour Fundraising Celebration
Bringing together cyclists from daily commuters to weekend warriors & everyone in between!
Saturday, November 15, 2025; 12 p.m.-3 p.m.
events.humanitix.com/bikefest2025

📍 9/30 Boo-Boo Bandage Brigade Bonanza (DTLA)
7–10 AM at MALDEF Building
634 S Spring St #1100, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Hosted by LA Walks, Public Matters, FastLink DTLA, and DTLA Mobility for All