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Mayor Pro Tem Zamora urges region to sync traffic signals, criticizes county homelessness funding split
Summary
Mayor Pro Tem Zamora told the council that traffic signal synchronization and regional homelessness funding deserve greater attention, citing 23,000 traffic signals in the region and arguing the Gateway Cities receive a small share of regional homelessness funding.
Mayor Pro Tem Zamora used council comments to press for regional action on traffic signal synchronization and to criticize how homelessness funding is distributed in Los Angeles County.
Zamora said the Gateway Cities region contains roughly 23,000 traffic signals and that lack of synchronization wastes significant travel time; he said regional calculations estimate motorists lose about "20 days" of travel time due to unsynchronized signals. He urged continued work with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments on signal synchronization and pushed for a transportation station routing that would include Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs rather than Fullerton so local residents can better access regional transit.
On homelessness, Zamora said the region contributes large sums to countywide homeless programs—he cited roughly $100 million invested regionally—yet receives a comparatively small allocation back for local housing and services. He said Los Angeles has about 45,000 people experiencing homelessness while the Gateway Cities region counts roughly 11,000–12,000, but regional returns were closer to $6 million. Zamora said the city and regional partners would press the county and housing trust organizations to allocate funds based on regional needs and signaled a meeting was scheduled with La Casa and the housing trust.
Council member Martin and Council member Rodriguez also thanked public safety personnel for work addressing local encampments and for broader first-responder efforts at recent wildfires.
Zamora framed the discussion as a request for more equitable regional investment and better interagency coordination; the remarks were an item of council comment rather than a formal motion or directive recorded in the meeting.
